The World Bank's computer network has been hacked into for more
than a year,
according to Fox News.
Sources inside the bank have confirmed that servers in the
bank's highly restricted treasury unit were
penetrated with spyware last April, reports Fox News.
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. The most recent breach
occurred last month.
Fox News has obtained internal World Bank e-mails and memos
about the incidents.
According to internal memos, "a minimum of 18 servers have been
compromised," including the bank's security and password server and
its human resources server.
A server containing contract procurement data is also said to be
involved in potential leaks.
However, the World Bank told Fox, "There were attempts to hack
the bank's computer systems last summer. But there was no
compromise of confidential information."
Before the Fox story was published
the FBI is said to have been investigating data breaches at the
bank.