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IMF Computers Targeted in Cyber-Attack

Hackers believed to be connected to foreign government.

By Michael Riley, Sandrine Rastello , Joshua Gallu, Bloomberg News | Updated on June 13, 2011

The International Monetary Fund’s computer system was targeted by hackers, believed to be connected to a foreign government, who retrieved e-mails and other documents, according to a person familiar with the attack.

The incident occurred before former Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn was arrested for sexual assault on May 14, according to the person, a security expert who couldn’t be identified because he wasn’t authorized to speak on the subject. He didn’t say which government is thought to be behind the intrusion, which he said involved the removal of a “large quantity” of data.

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