"Red Cross Implores Hackers Not To Leak Data for 515k 'Highly Vulnerable People'"
The International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) has revealed that hackers stole personal data on nearly 515,000 "highly vulnerable people" who received aid from a program aimed at reuniting family members separated because of conflict, disaster, or migration. Robert Mardini, the ICRC's director-general, released a statement directly pleading with the hackers to not leak, sell, or use the data. According to the ICRC, the data was stolen through the hack of a Switzerland-based subcontractor that stores data for the Red Cross. The data comes from at least 60 different Red Cross and Red Crescent National Societies globally. The perpetrators behind the cyberattack remain unknown, and the ICRC is still unaware as to whether any of the compromised information has already been leaked or shared publicly. This article continues to discuss the cyberattack on the Red Cross that left sensitive data of millions of people exposed.