EC Responds to Cyber-Attack on Its Europa Web Platform

Last week’s cyber-attack affected cloud infrastructure hosting the European Commission's web presence on the Europa.eu platform. The EC said that the security team took immediate steps to contain the attack.

The Commission said that the swift response ensured the incident was contained and risk mitigation measures were implemented to protect services and data, without disrupting the availability of the Europa websites. Early findings suggest that data have been taken from those websites.

The EC has notified the Union entities, which could have been affected by the incident. The Commission's services are still investigating the full impact of the incident. Internal systems were not affected by the cyber-attack.

The EC security team will continue to monitor the situation and take all necessary measures to ensure the security of its internal systems and data. It will analyze the incident and use the results to further enhance its cybersecurity capabilities.