Security News > 2024 > April > United Nations agency investigates ransomware attack, data theft
The United Nations Development Programme is investigating a cyberattack after threat actors breached its IT systems to steal human resources data.
While the UN agency has yet to link the attack to a specific threat group, the 8Base ransomware gang added a new UNDP entry to its dark web data leak website on March 27.
The gang launched its data leak site in May 2023, with the extortion group claiming to be "Honest and simple" pen testers targeting "Companies that have neglected the privacy and importance of the data of their employees and customers."
The United Nations Environmental Programme also disclosed a data breach in January 2021 after over 100,000 employee records containing personally identifiable information were exposed online.
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