Cybersecurity

Nobel Hacking Likely Leaked Peace Prize Winner Name, Probe Finds

Kristian Berg Harpviken and María Corina Machado during a Nobel Peace Prize news conference on Dec. 11.Photographer: Odd Andersen/AFP/Getty Images

A hacking of the Nobel organization’s computer systems is the most likely cause of last year’s leak of Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado’s name, according to the results of an investigation.

An individual or a state actor may have illegally gained access in a cyber breach, the Norwegian Nobel Institute said on Friday after concluding an internal investigation assisted by security authorities.