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Troubles for the International Monetary Fund have continued in the wake of Strauss-Kahn's scandal. The New York Times is reporting that the IMF was hit recently by "what computer experts describe as a large and sophisticated cyberattack." The implications of this are severe: the IMF has a "repository of highly confidential information about the fiscal condition of many nations," and "its database contains potentially market-moving information." The repository also contains communications with national leader that, in the words of one fund official, are “political dynamite in many countries.”

It's unclear what documents were accessed, but one official described the cyber attack as a “very major breach.” The fund's spokesperson David Hawley only gave the statement that, “We are investigating an incident, and the fund is fully functional.” However, in response to the attack, the World Bank, whose headquarters is across the street from the IMF, cut the computer link that allows the two institutions to share information. The World Bank even briefly shut down "external access to its most sensitive systems." However, according to the Times it "quickly resumed its normal operations and says it has seen no evidence of any attacks."