Enhance cybersecurity awareness and survivability for DoD, industry partners, and academia in the face of the ever-increasing threat of cyber attacks. Cybersecurity (CS) includes managing risks related to the use, processing, storage, and transmission of information and the systems and processes used for those purposes, including analog and physical form. CS includes information availability, identification and authentication, confidentiality, integrity, and non-repudiation as well as the economic considerations with respect to selection of CS techniques, CS processes, and industry trends.
U.N. Hack Stemmed From Microsoft SharePoint Flaw
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https://threatpost.com/un-hack-microsoft-sharepoint-flaw/152378/
Hackers used a flaw in Microsoft SharePoint to gain access to the UN. The hackers gained access to three separate locations allowing them to gain access to almost 400 GB of sensitive data.
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The U.N got hacked and over 400gb of data was stolen. three servers were hit one in vienna and two in geneva. Documents include staff health documents also explosing human rights.
https://threatpost.com/un-hack-microsoft-sharepoint-flaw/152378/
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The UN took action to cover up the cyber attack (APT) which began in June of 2019. This is problematic, because of their diplomatic immunity, there is no way of holding the UN accountable for their incompetence. The vulnerability that was exploited was well known and already had patches released by Microsoft to fix the vulnerability months earlier.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2020/01/30/united-nations-confirms-serious-cyberattack-with-42-core-servers-compromised/#3b6f0f4f633d
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