Cyber attack on International Red Cross
The International Committee of the Red Cross has been the victim of a cyber attack that stole confidential information from more than 500,000 vulnerable people. The aid organization made this public and appealed to those responsible for the attack not to pass on, sell or otherwise use the data. The data sets come from people who have been separated from their loved ones as a result of conflict, flight and natural disasters. Dozens of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies around the world have gathered them to help reunite families. The unknown attackers obtained access to the data from an external service provider in Switzerland who was commissioned to store it.
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Main mirror elements of the space telescope extended
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