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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. Now they block access? by jhoegl · · Score: 4, Informative

    Webmail is one of the worst offenders in getting viruses. My brother works at a company that sells computer equipment and they had so many problems because their sales agents were clicking on all kinds of stupid shit in their personal email accounts.

    I always blocked personal email unless it was expressly allowed, and even then I told the user one issue and its turned off.

    I dont care if these are public officials. They want their public email, get it on their phones or somewhere else! I got shit to secure son!

    1. 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'.

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

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

      You assume wrong.

  2. 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...

  3. Re:I Blame the Secreteries by Opportunist · · Score: 5, Funny

    I call them an "OSI layer 8 security risk".

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