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| − | }}Around 20,000-25,000 of people sets of [[email]] addresses and passwords were released online by 21 April 2020.<ref>https://fort-russ.com/2020/04/confirmed-hackers-strike-and-leak-bill-gates-who-and-wuhan-lab-emails/</ref> {{CCM}} did not report the story widely. "Robert Potter, an independent Australian cybersecurity expert, said the data was real as he could verify some of the email IDs and passwords of WHO."<ref>https://www.thequint.com/tech-and-auto/tech-news/gates-foundation-who-among-25000-email-ids-and-passwords-hacked</ref>
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| − | ==Affected organisations==
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| − | [[World Bank]], [[NIH]], [[WIV]], [[Gates Foundation]]
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| − | ==Reporting==
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| − | The Washington Post's version of the story was written by [[Souad Mekhennet]] and [[Craig Timberg]].<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/04/21/nearly-25000-email-addresses-passwords-allegedly-nih-who-gates-foundation-are-dumped-online/</ref>
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| − | [[Vice]] wrote that ''Neo-Nazis Are Spreading a List of Emails and Passwords for Gates Foundation and WHO Employees''.<ref>https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/akwxzp/neo-nazis-are-spreading-a-list-of-emails-and-passwords-for-gates-foundation-and-who-employees</ref><ref>https://www.businessinsider.com/neo-nazis-alleged-email-addresses-who-gates-foundation-nih-leak-2020-4</ref>
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| − | ==Detection==
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| − | The leak was reported by [[SITE Intelligence]].<ref>https://ent.siteintelgroup.com/Dark-Web-and-Cyber-Security/lists-of-alleged-who-gates-foundation-and-other-organizations-email-addresses-passwords-posted-online.html</ref>
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