U.N. says offices in Geneva, Vienna targeted by 'well-resourced' cyberattack last year


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  • Thursday, 30 Jan 2020

FILE PHOTO: The United Nations European headquarters is pictured early evening in Geneva, Switzerland December 10, 2019. Picture taken December 10, 2019. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations said on Wednesday that its offices in Geneva and Vienna were targeted by an "apparently well-resourced" cyber attack in the middle of last year that exposed lists of user accounts, but that the damage had been contained.

Geneva is home to several U.N. arms, including the Human Rights Council, the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the High Commissioner for Refugees, the World Health Organization and the World Trade Organization. Agencies in Vienna include the International Atomic Energy Agency and the Office on Drugs and Crime.

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