EXCLUSIVE: The Cyber Attack the UN Tried to Keep under Wraps

Author(s)
Parker, B.
Publication language
English
Date published
29 Jan 2020
Type
Research, reports and studies
Keywords
Data, Data security

About this investigation:
While researching cybersecurity last November, we came across a confidential report about the UN. Networks and databases had been severely compromised – and almost no one we spoke to had heard about it. This article about that attack adds to The New Humanitarian’s previous coverage on humanitarian data. We look at how the UN got hacked and how it handled this breach, raising questions about the UN’s responsibilities in data protection and its diplomatic privileges.