World Health Organization

The login credentials of some staff members of the World Health Organization were accessed by hackers in March 2020.

The compromised passwords contained access to a lot of sensitive information about the pandemic.

The attack was the result of a successful phishing attempt that forced the organization to switch the infrastructure as a future precautionary step.

Source: https://thehackpost.com/major-recent-cyber-attacks-of-2020-and-precautions.html

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/world-health-organization

"id": "wor201411222",
"linkid": "world-health-organization",
"type": "Cyber Attack",
"date": "03/2020",
"severity": "75",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Health',
                        'name': 'World Health Organization',
                        'type': 'Organization'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Phishing',
 'data_breach': {'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': 'Login credentials'},
 'date_detected': 'March 2020',
 'description': 'The login credentials of some staff members of the World '
                'Health Organization were accessed by hackers in March 2020. '
                'The compromised passwords contained access to a lot of '
                'sensitive information about the pandemic. The attack was the '
                'result of a successful phishing attempt that forced the '
                'organization to switch the infrastructure as a future '
                'precautionary step.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': 'Sensitive information about the pandemic'},
 'initial_access_broker': {'entry_point': 'Phishing email'},
 'post_incident_analysis': {'root_causes': 'Phishing email'},
 'response': {'remediation_measures': ['Switch the infrastructure']},
 'title': 'World Health Organization Credential Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach',
 'vulnerability_exploited': 'Human'}