- Nearly 25,000 email addresses and passwords from several organizations that are involved in dealing with the novel coronavirus pandemic have been shared online.
- Email accounts from the CDC, Gates Foundation, NIH, WHO, and the World Bank were shared online. Some of the WHO credentials were verified.
- Far-right groups have been using the information to spread disinformation and fuel COVID-19 conspiracy theories.
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One of the worst things that can happen to authorities scrambling to deal with a life-threatening disease like COVID-19 is a security breach. And that’s apparently what has happened, as unknown individuals published nearly 25,000 email addresses and passwords from various organizations, including the CDC, Gates Foundation, NIH, WHO, and the World Bank.
The login credentials were dumped online, and right-wing activists have been making use of them. It’s unclear when the security breaches occurred and who was responsible for the hacks and the dissemination of information, but the results are troubling nonetheless. Some of these passwords can still be used to access email addresses.
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Thousands of email addresses and passwords from CDC, WHO, and more leaked online originally appeared on BGR.com on Wed, 22 Apr 2020 at 17:26:43 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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