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World Bank Group's computer network - one of the largest repositories
of sensitive data about the economies of every nation - has been raided
repeatedly by outsiders for more than a year, FOX News has learned.
It is still not known how much information was stolen. But sources
inside the bank confirm that servers in the institution's
highly-restricted treasury unit were deeply penetrated with spy
software last April. Invaders also had full access to the rest of the
bank's network for nearly a month in June and July.
In total, at least six major intrusions - two of them using the same
group of IP addresses originating from China - have been detected at
the World Bank since the summer of 2007, with the most recent breach
occurring just last month.
In a frantic midnight e-mail to colleagues, the bank's senior
technology manager referred to the situation as an "unprecedented
crisis." In fact, it may be the worst security breach ever at a global
financial institution. And it has left bank officials scrambling to try
to understand the nature of the year-long cyber-assault, while also
trying to keep the news from leaking to the public.