Nearly 25,000 email IDs, passwords belonging to WHO, Gates Foundation, others leaked online

Hackers have leaked a list of nearly 25,000 email addresses and passwords allegedly belonging to the National Institutes of Health, the World Health Organisation (WHO), the Gates Foundation and other groups engaged in combatting the global Covid-19 pandemic, the Washington Post reported on Thursday.

The email addresses and passwords have been leaked online by unknown activists as per SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors online extremism and terrorist groups.

SITE was, however, unable to verify the authenticity of said emails and passwords

That had been released Sunday and Monday. The authenticity of the emails and passwords belonging to the WHO had been verified by an Australian cybersecurity expert, Robert Potter who said that they belonged to an earlier hacking attempt.