OECD computers hacked as EU conducts cyber-games

ANDREW RETTMAN

The OECD, the Paris-based club of the world’s 33 richest countries, has been successfully hacked by people looking for sensitive information on money laundering, high-level corruption and tax evasion.

OECD spokesman Stephen Di Biasio told EUobserver by phone from France on Thursday (4 November) that the body first detected „unusual“ activity in its IT network in August and is still battling to get malware out of its computers three months later despite calling in help from the French security services and private cyber-defence companies. (more on euobserver.com)