EU Data Breach Exposes Emails, User Data in Major Hack
A major data breach has exposed emails, user data, and internal records of the European Union after hackers gained access to the European Commission's cloud infrastructure. The breach, which originated from a supply chain compromise, has affected at least 29 EU entities and dozens of internal Commission users, with stolen data published online by the hacking group ShinyHunters.
The European Union has suffered a major data breach, with hackers gaining access to the European Commission's cloud infrastructure. The breach exposed emails, user data, and internal records, with around 92GB of compressed data stolen. The stolen data includes names, email addresses, and email content. At least 29 EU entities and dozens of internal Commission users have been affected. The breach originated from a supply chain compromise, with attackers targeting an open source security tool to obtain a secret API key. The European Commission has confirmed that the breach affected its cloud-hosted web infrastructure, but stated that internal systems were not compromised.
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