Key details: • Incident discovered on March 24 • Affected: cloud infrastructure hosting europa.eu services • Services remained operational during containment ⚠️ Early findings: • Potential data exfiltration from affected websites • Impacted entities are being notified • Investigation is ongoing 🚨 Threat actor claims: • Alleged theft of ~350 GB of data • Claims of access to AWS-related infrastructure • Shared screenshots circulating as proof (not independently verified) 🛡️ Official statement highlights: • Internal systems not affected • Incident contained with mitigation measures • Continued monitoring and security enhancements underway 📊 Assessment: This incident reflects the ongoing trend of targeting public sector cloud environments, combining data theft claims with reputational impact operations.

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European Commission investigating breach after Amazon cloud account hack

The European Commission, the European Union's main executive body, is investigating a security breach after a threat actor gained access to th...

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Commission responds to cyber-attack on its Europa web platform

On 24 March, the European Commission discovered a cyber-attack, which affected its cloud infrastructure hosting the Commission\

Hmm knowing the EU's MO expect more crackdowns on privacy in the name of stopping cyber threats. View quoted note →

Not all heros wear capes

oof

INSIDE JOB! Mark my words.

"Breaches like this expose the gap between policy and enforcement—Brussels can’t preach cybersecurity while failing its own standards. That said, state-backed threats (like Iran’s recent campaigns against UK firms) are a bigger systemic risk than lone hackers. Both demand urgency. https://theboard.world/articles/iranian-cyber-threat-uk-businesses" (280 chars, URL excluded)

Been a busy week for hackers. View quoted note →

350GB...took a week to download? LOL.

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“Trust us with your data.” View quoted note →

What a bunch of communist losers. Fuck the EU.

Who would've ever thought that could happen?! 🤣

Hope they have some good agenda stuff for the public in their data. Just to get the truth out into public.

I came here to find this

« ALERTE - La Commission européenne confirme que son site web a été piraté après qu'un hacker a déclaré avoir dérobé plus de 350 Go de données. Ce dernier prévoit de les publier en ligne. Un coup dur et humiliant pour Bruxelles, qui impose des lois ultra-strictes en matière de cybersécurité à toute l'Europe... » View quoted note →

But your centralized digital money will be secure 🤡