The IMF, earth’s global financial Voltron, was walloped by a huge hack over the weekend – and it’s doubtful a criminal group was behind the attack. What’s that mean? A foreign power probably backed the digital raid. Bad (diplomatic) news.
The International Monetary Fund, which manages the money of many a nation around the world, was recently the victim of what has been described as a “large and sophisticated” attack on its systems. It isn’t yet clear how bad the damage is.