European Commission’s Data Stolen in Hack on AWS Account (1)

The European Commission was hit by a cyberattack that may have resulted in the theft of internal data, months after another incident potentially exposed some staff details.

The European Union’s executive arm experienced a breach on March 24, a spokesman said. The attack struck the commission’s Amazon Web Services account before being detected and blocked. An internal investigation is ongoing to establish the extent of the breach, he said.

“I can confirm that the commission discovered a cyber-attack, which affected part of our cloud infrastructure,” spokesman Thomas Regnier said. “The commission’s internal systems were not affected by the cyber-attack.”

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