The European Commission has announced that it has suffered a cyberattack that has affected “the cloud infrastructure hosting the Commission’s web presence on the european.eu platform”. While the attack has been brought under control, sleepiness Computer Reports suggest that the threat actor claiming to be behind this was able to take over 350GB of data before the issue was addressed by the Commission.
“Early findings from our ongoing investigation indicate that the data taken [Europa] websites,” the European Commission says. “The Commission is duly notifying Union entities that may be affected by this incident.”
The commission’s investigation is ongoing, and it has not yet disclosed how its cloud infrastructure was breached. according to bleeping computerThe threat actor was able to access Europa sites and employee data through one of the Commission’s Amazon Web Services accounts. The commission disclosed the breach affecting employee data in February.
Both breaches appear to be less serious than the Salt Typhoon hack, which affected US telecommunications companies in 2024. Hackers reportedly gained access to data from the smartphones of members of both the Trump and Harris campaigns and other government officials. In January 2026, the European Commission introduced a new cybersecurity package designed to address similar issues, partly outlining new ways for EU states to deal with potentially risky companies in their telecommunications supply chains.
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