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Norad portal breach exposes grant application documents

First reported · Last reported · 16 related reports

An attacker misused 27 accounts to break into the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation’s grant application portal. Applications and attachments from at least three overseas organizations were stolen, and the names and email addresses of all 20,614 registered users may also have been exposed. The agency has shut down the portal and activated a crisis response team to investigate the extent of the breach and the risks to applicants.

Key facts

Affected organization
Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad)
Incident type
Data breach
Occurred / detected
Not confirmed
Scale of damage
Application documents from at least three overseas organizations stolen; names and email addresses of 20,614 users potentially exposed
Cause / method
Intrusion into the grant application portal using 27 compromised accounts
Location
Norway

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Timeline

  1. The portal intrusion involving the misuse of 27 accounts and the theft of application documents from at least three organizations were disclosed.
  2. The Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation activated a crisis response team.
  3. It emerged that the portal had been shut down and that an investigation into risks to applicants in conflict zones and authoritarian countries was underway.
  4. Further warnings were issued about the possible exposure of the names and email addresses of 20,614 registered users and the theft of application documents from overseas organizations.

16 related reports

The summary and key facts are written by AI from related reports and may contain errors. Check the original articles and the organization’s official statements for accurate details.