European Commission confirms data breach

The European Commission has confirmed a cyberattack affecting cloud infrastructure hosting its Europa.eu web platform, with early findings indicating that data was stolen. A threat actor claims to have taken over 350GB of information, reportedly accessed through one of the Commission’s AWS accounts. This marks the second breach involving employee data in recent months and highlights ongoing vulnerabilities despite new EU cybersecurity initiatives. While less severe than past large‑scale attacks like Salt Typhoon, the incident underscores persistent risks facing European institutions.

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