Lot of misinformation, says a statement mentioned here now:
http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=5161

Juha-Matti

Paul Ferguson [EMAIL PROTECTED] kirjoitti: 
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> See also:
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> http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10063522-83.html
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> - - ferg
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> On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 1:06 PM, Paul Ferguson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
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> >
> > Via FOX News.
> >
> > [snip]
> >
> > The World Bank Group's computer network  one of the largest
> > repositories of sensitive data about the economies of every nation 
> > has been raided repeatedly by outsiders for more than a year, FOX News
> > has learned.
> >
> > It is still not known how much information was stolen. But sources inside
> > the bank confirm that servers in the institution's highly-restricted
> > treasury unit were deeply penetrated with spy software last April.
> > Invaders also had full access to the rest of the bank's network for
> > nearly a month in June and July.
> >
> > In total, at least six major intrusions  two of them using the same
> > group of IP addresses originating from China  have been detected at
> > the World Bank since the summer of 2007, with the most recent breach
> > occurring just last month.
> >
> > In a frantic midnight e-mail to colleagues, the bank's senior technology
> > manager referred to the situation as an "unprecedented crisis." In fact,
> > it may be the worst security breach ever at a global financial
> > institution. And it has left bank officials scrambling to try to
> > understand the nature of the year-long cyber-assault, while also trying
> > to keep the news from
> > leaking to the public.
> >
> > [snip]
> >
> > More:
> > http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,435681,00.html
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>  Engineering Architecture for the Internet
>  fergdawgster(at)gmail.com
>  ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/
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