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European Parliament Computer Network Breached

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the breach-the-breach dept.

Orome1 writes "The computer network of the European Parliament has been targeted by a cyber attack that may or may not be linked to the attack against the European Commission and the External Action Service networks that took place a week ago. According to the Parliament's spokesmen, the attack was still ongoing yesterday morning and information technology services have put in place some security measures — such as blocking access to webmail."

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  1. Re:Hacker Skill by fuzzyfuzzyfungus · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Yup. It would be embarrassing if it were a couple of teenagers breaking in, therefore it is not a couple of teenagers breaking in.

    Perhaps it is the same mysterious "Advanced Persistent Threat" that hit RSA a little while ago...

  2. Re:Now they block access? by MrLint · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Heres a hint, don't let the user be admins. Then they can't brake out of their account.....

    and yes users are stupid. I had one guy who got a mail from USPS, about his Fedex tracking number on his expressmail delivery. He downloaded and opened and ran a zip file. When I asked him if he was expecting a delivery he said 'I dont know'.

  3. Re:Now they block access? by jhoegl · · Score: 3, Insightful

    You assume the user cares, and would listen to you.

    You assume wrong.