Red Cross asks hackers not to “leak” personal data of 515,000 people online

Daniel ZimmermannJanuary 21, 2022

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The Red Cross is asking hackers not to leak confidential information online as one of its third-party data storage contractors in Switzerland was hacked, leaking the personal information of 515,000 people. All of these people were part of the Restoring Family Links program, which helps reunite families torn apart by war, natural disasters, migration, and so on.

The incident was reported by the International Committee of the Red Cross, according to which the data stolen by the attackers was collected by at least 60 different branches of the Red Cross and Red Crescent around the world.

The ICRC’s most serious concern in the aftermath of this attack is the potential risks associated with the disclosure of sensitive information to the people the Red Cross Red Crescent network seeks to protect and help, as well as to their families. When people go missing, their families and friends experience great anxiety and uncertainty.

Every day, the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement helps reunite an average of 12 missing persons with their families. That’s a dozen joyful family reunions every day. Cyberattacks like this jeopardize this important work.writes Robert Mardini, director general of the International Committee of the Red Cross.

Almost nothing is reported about the attack itself and the technical details of what happened in the Red Cross, since the representatives of the organization are much more worried about the possible leakage of stolen data.

Although we do not know who is responsible for this attack, and why they did it, we have an appeal to these people. Your actions have the potential to cause even more harm and pain to those who have already endured untold suffering. The real people and real families behind the data you now own are among the least powerful in the world. Please do the right thing. Do not share, sell, disclose or use this data in any other way.Mr. Mardini said.

The Restoring Family Links website, where you can submit a request for help finding missing family members, has been temporarily closed, while the Red Cross is investigating the incident.

The organization emphasizes that it is “shocked and puzzled” that such humanitarian information could become someone’s target and was compromised. So far, however, there is no indication that the compromised information has been disclosed or published.

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