The 11 affected email accounts were re-protected, underscoring that there is no indication of further compromise.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has confirmed that it experienced a cyber incident, which was detected by the institution on February 16 and in which 11 of the entity's electronic accounts were compromised.

In this sense, the institution led by Kristalina Georgieva has explained that a subsequent investigation, with the assistance of independent cybersecurity experts, determined the nature of the violation and corrective measures were taken.

In this way, the IMF has specified that the affected email accounts were protected again, underlining that there are no indications of further compromise beyond these accounts, although the investigation into this incident continues.

"The IMF takes preventing and defending against cyber incidents very seriously and, like all organizations, operates under the assumption that cyber incidents will unfortunately occur," the Washington-based entity said.

In mid-2011, when it was still trying to recover from the open crisis with the resignation of Dominique Strauss-Kahn as managing director of the institution, the IMF was already the victim of a cyber attack, which then led the World Bank to temporarily cut its Internet connection. network with its 'twin entity'.