Red Cross attributes hack to nation-state actor

The International Committee of the Red Cross has concluded that a nation-state hacker was behind a cyberattack on its servers discovered last month. A forensic analysis of the attack revealed the use of tools designed specifically to go after ICRC servers, the organization said Wednesday. “This was a sophisticated attack — a criminal act — breaching sensitive humanitarian data,” ICRC Director-General Robert Mardini said. “We know that the attack was targeted because the attackers created code designed solely for execution …

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