The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday disclosed a hacking incident, a breach at one of the world’s most high-profile international institutions. “Immediate measures were adopted to respond to this cybersecurity incident and to mitigate its impact,” the ICC said in a short statement. The ICC is the permanent war crimes tribunal in The Hague, established in 2002 to try war crimes and crimes against humanity. The Dutch intelligence agency (AIVD) said in its 2022 annual report that the ICC is “of interest to Russia because it is investigating possible Russian war crimes in Georgia and Ukraine”. In August 2023, ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan said that cyber attacks could be part of future war crimes investigations and warned that the ICC itself could be vulnerable and should strengthen its defences.

Source: Ethiopian News September 19, 2023 17:30 UTC