Europe’s Cyber Agency Blames Hacking Gangs For Massive Data Breach And Leak
A major EU data breach hit the European Commission's AWS cloud, exposing 92GB of data.
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Europe’s Cyber Agency Blames Hacking Gangs For Massive Data Breach And Leak
EU Data Breach Exposes 92GB of Commission Secrets — And Two Hacker Groups Are Behind It A massive EU data breach has struck at the heart of European governance. The European Union's own cybersecurity agency has confirmed that criminal hackers infiltrated the European Commission's cloud infrastructure, stealing 92 gigabytes of compressed data — including names, email addresses, and private email contents. If you are wondering who is behind this cyberattack on the EU, two separate hacking groups are now at the center of the investigation. What Happened: Inside the European Commission Cyberattack The story begins on March 19, when hackers first gained access to a secret API key linked to the European Commission's Amazon Web Services account. This was not a random attack. According to the EU's cybersecurity body, CERT-EU, the breach traces back to a compromised version of an open source security tool called Trivy. The Commission had unknowingly downloaded a tampered copy of Tr…
