United Nations confirms it was hacked this year

The U.N. on Thursday confirmed that it was the victim of a cyberattack earlier this year and that attacks related to the original breach were ongoing.

The announcement was made in response to a report from Bloomberg News Thursday that hackers breached the U.N. in early April and stole data through the use of login credentials from a U.N. employee that were bought from the dark web.

“We can confirm that unknown attackers were able to breach parts of the United Nations infrastructure in April of 2021,” Stéphane Dujarric, spokesman for the U.N. Secretary-General, said in a statement.

Bloomberg cited findings from cybersecurity company Resecurity in reporting the breach. The firm found that the hackers were still active on U.N. networks as recently as early August.