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European Commission investigates cyber attack on its websites; CERT-EU publishes recommendations

Friday, April 3, 2026 at 10:08 PM UTC·Source: DataBreaches.net

Updated: Monday, April 6, 2026 at 12:18 AM UTC

Executive Summary

Politico reported: The European Commission is investigating a cyber attack on its websites, with early findings suggesting that some data was taken, it said Friday. The EU executive said it discovered the attack on Tuesday and took “immediate steps” to contain it. The attack hit the cloud computing infrastructure used by the Commission to manage... Source

Analysis

Politico reported: The European Commission is investigating a cyber attack on its websites, with early findings suggesting that some data was taken, it said Friday. The EU executive said it discovered the attack on Tuesday and took “immediate steps” to contain it. The attack hit the cloud computing infrastructure used by the Commission to manage... Source
Source Attribution

Originally published by DataBreaches.net on Apr 3, 2026.

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