Norad shuts grants portal after breach using 27 accounts
Hackers broke into the grants portal of Norad, Norway's aid agency, using 27 misused accounts. Names and emails of applicants worldwide may have been taken. Norad shut the portal and reported the incident to police.
What happened
Hackers broke into the grants portal of Norad, Norway's aid agency, by misusing 27 accounts. Names and emails of applicants worldwide may have been taken. The agency shut the portal and reported the case to police.
Why it matters
Personal data of grant applicants worldwide, names and emails, may have been exposed. The portal is offline, affecting ongoing applications. The case has been reported to the police.
What to do
Anyone who applied for Norad grants should wait for official communication from the agency and watch for messages that misuse their data. Norad has already shut the portal and involved the police.
For the technical team
- Affected
- Norad Portal de bolsas (grants) da Norad, agência norueguesa de cooperação e desenvolvimento · Norad grants portal, the Norwegian agency for cooperation and development.
- Exploitation
- Breach confirmed by Norad itself, which shut the portal and filed a police report.
- Fix
- No software fix reported; the agency's response was to take the portal offline.
- Vector
- Norad grants portal; breach through 27 misused accounts. The source does not detail how the accounts were compromised.
- More details
- Data possibly taken: names and emails of applicants worldwide. The source gives no responsible group, dates, or account access method.
Timeline
Norad confirms breach of its grants portal, takes it offline and reports the case to police.
Sources 1 source
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