The European Commission has been the victim of a cyber-attack "serious" on Wednesday, the eve of a summit in Brussels Heads of State and Government of the EU, announced two of its spokespersons. "All staff have been advised this morning" that "access to e-mails from the outside were more operational" and that "several pages were inaccessible" on websites of the Commission ..
A spokesman said the attack had also hit the services of the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs, Catherine Ashton, who still depend for the time of the computer system of the Commission. Another spokesman for the Commission confirmed a "serious attack", via a computer virus, on which the security services in the EU were working.
According to the Commission, it was an attack "classic" to paralyze some of the IT infrastructure, but the attackers have not sought access to secret documents related to the summit on Thursday and Friday who must deal with sensitive subjects such as military operations in Libya, the debt crisis in the eurozone and nuclear security.
"I really have no information linking the attack to the summit," assured a spokesman, noting that the Commission also suffered attacks outside of the meeting of European leaders. The former spokesman also things into perspective. "It happens quite often," he said. In particular, "there had been one the same week as those against the French Ministry of Finance, but not of the same magnitude today.
Bercy was recognized earlier this month have been the victim of a broad attack on the ultra-sensitive files of the Presidency of the G20 and have had to remove ten thousand computers. The goal of the attackers was then access to confidential documents. 
A spokesman said the attack had also hit the services of the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs, Catherine Ashton, who still depend for the time of the computer system of the Commission. Another spokesman for the Commission confirmed a "serious attack", via a computer virus, on which the security services in the EU were working.
According to the Commission, it was an attack "classic" to paralyze some of the IT infrastructure, but the attackers have not sought access to secret documents related to the summit on Thursday and Friday who must deal with sensitive subjects such as military operations in Libya, the debt crisis in the eurozone and nuclear security.
"I really have no information linking the attack to the summit," assured a spokesman, noting that the Commission also suffered attacks outside of the meeting of European leaders. The former spokesman also things into perspective. "It happens quite often," he said. In particular, "there had been one the same week as those against the French Ministry of Finance, but not of the same magnitude today.
Bercy was recognized earlier this month have been the victim of a broad attack on the ultra-sensitive files of the Presidency of the G20 and have had to remove ten thousand computers. The goal of the attackers was then access to confidential documents.
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