Hackers reach the heart of the European Union

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Hackers reach the heart of the European Union



The communications of the EU diplomats have been spied for years



   In the year of the entry into force of the General Data Protection Regulation (RGPD), the European Union itself has been a victim of cybercriminals . Among the information stolen "for years" are diplomatic communications at a high level, according to the New York Times.

In particular, the hackers accessed the COREU network and the confidential documents have been published on an "open website". The information collected reveals "how the European Union relates or thinks of other organizations," reveals the NYT.

   The security breach was discovered by the company Area 1, but, says Brussels, "they are not documents or high-level communications." European officials use another network for this type of confidential conversations and with greater protection.

The cables, so called by Area 1, discovered deal with a series of sensitive issues about the European Union and its allies . This reveals data about the Iranian nuclear program, the tensions with Russia or the trade with China, and reveals a great European anxiety towards Donald Trump.

According to the New York Times, the European Union has been warned for years of its antiquated communications system , however the answer was "shrug". According to Area 1, the attacks were perpetrated over three years and are similar to those that for years were an elite unit of the People's Liberation Army of China.

Among the more than 1,000 documents revealed concern the European diplomacy on the presidency of Donald Trump and his relationship with the Russian government, while others contain data such as Chinese President Xi Jinping's feelings about the US trade war with his country and rumors about the deployment of nuclear weapons in the Crimea.

"In a cable, European diplomats described a meeting between President Trump and President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia in Helsinki, Finland, as successful for Putin," the US media quoted the documents revealed by the company Area 1.

According to the cybersecurity company, hackers managed to access COREU through a phishing campaign targeting officials in Cyprus, an attack that allowed them to access the passwords that protected the entire network.

An anonymous official of the National Security Agency of the United States, points out the New York Times, informed the European Union that its system was very outdated and was easily accessible to cybercriminals or non-allied governments.

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