The organization says it has no immediate information on the perpetrators of this cyberattack, which targeted an external company in Switzerland with which the ICRC has signed contracts to store data.
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the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) announced, Wednesday, January 19, to have been the victim of a vast cyberattack detected this week during which hackers seized the data of more than 515,000 people, some of whom fled conflict, and prisoners. This data came from at least 60 National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies around the world.
“This cyberattack puts vulnerable people, those who already need humanitarian services, even more at risk”, said the director general of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Robert Mardini, in a press release.
The organization says it has no immediate information on the perpetrators of this cyberattack, which targeted an external company in Switzerland with which the ICRC has signed contracts to store data.
According to the ICRC, there is no indication so far that the compromised information has been disclosed or shared publicly. “Do not share, sell, disclose or use this data in any way”, asked Robert Mardini to hackers.