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Red Cross data breach
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<p>On 20 January 2022, the <a href="/facts/International_Committee_of_the_Red_Cross/0EmbgHCT">International Committee of the Red Cross</a> made an appeal to hackers who had stolen private data, saying they would speak "directly and confidentially" to those responsible for the attack. The hackers had stolen private data on more than 515,000 vulnerable people from at least 60 Red Cross and Red Crescent societies. So far there is no proof that the data has been leaked, but the ICRC said that their gravest concern was the risk posed by exposing the data. </p><p>The attack was aimed at a Swiss contractor that stores the data. </p><p>The perpetrators have not been identified. </p>