European Commission Reports Cyber Intrusion and Data Theft
The ShinyHunters hacker group claimed to have stolen over 350GB of information from European Commission cloud systems. The post European Commission Reports Cyber Intrusion and Data Theft appeared first on SecurityWeek.
The European Commission, the EU’s executive branch, has confirmed being targeted in a cyberattack that impacted its cloud infrastructure, as hackers claimed to have stolen hundreds of gigabytes of data.
In a statement issued on Friday, the European Commission (EC) said the attack affected cloud infrastructure hosting its web presence on the Europa.eu platform, but noted that its public websites were not disrupted.
“Early findings of our ongoing investigation suggest that data have been taken from those websites. The Commission is duly notifying the Union entities who might have been affected by the incident. The Commission’s services are still investigating the full impact of the incident,” the Commission stated.
Source: https://www.securityweek.com/european-commission-reports-cyber-intrusion-and-data-theft/
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