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In January the ICRC was hacked, compromising the data of half a million vulnerable people. But how vulnerable are aid agencies to cyber-attacks?

The hack could amount to something that is against the letter and spirit of international humanitarian law - Click the link for more details.

For the eighth DigitHarium month, we looked at how cyber operations could affect humanitarian organizations and their work: what the stakes were, what risks were most likely to arise, and what steps humanitarian organizations needed to take.For the eighth Digital Dilemmas Dialogue, we invited Marietje Schaake to discuss what was at stake for humanitarian organizations. The

For the seventh DigitHarium month, we looked at how we can make biometric data work for humanitarian organizations: what they are, how they function, what advantages they present, and what mitigation measures we need to consider to make them safer to use in fragile settings.For the seventh Digital Dilemmas Dialogue, our Tokyo delegation invited Cristiano Blanez, Manager for

DigitHarium Month #3: Information disorders, conflicts and shifting online landscapes Propaganda and the manipulation of information have always been part of conflicts. In a digital world, this reality takes new dimensions as the Internet and social media exponentially increase the speed, scale and reach of good and bad information, magnifying the phenomenon and its negative consequences. The COVID crisis further highlighted the devastating effects of the global ‘infodemic’ threatening inte...