ShinyHunters claims the hack of the European Commission
ShinyHunters claims the hack of the European Commission
Publish Date: 2026-03-28 12:06:00
Source Domain: securityaffairs.com
ShinyHunters claims the hack of the European Commission
Pierluigi Paganini
March 28, 2026
The European Commission has allegedly been breached by ShinyHunters, with reported data dumps including content from mail servers.
The European Commission has allegedly been breached by ShinyHunters, with reported data dumps including content from mail servers and internal communications systems.
The cybercrime group added the Commission to its Tor data leak site, claiming the theft of over 350 GB+ of data. Stolen data may include data dumps of mail servers, databases, confidential documents, contracts, and much more sensitive material.
On March 24, the European Commission detected a cyberattack affecting the cloud infrastructure hosting its Europa.eu websites. The incident was quickly contained, with mitigation measures applied and no disruption to website availability. Early findings suggest some data may have been accessed, and potentially affected EU entities are being notified.
“Early findings of our ongoing investigation suggest that data have been taken from those websites. The Commission is duly notifying the Union entities who might have been affected by the incident.” reads the press release published by the European Commission. “The Commission’s services are still investigating the full impact of the incident. “
The EU has launched an investigation into the security breach to determine its full impact. However, the Commission pointed out that its internal systems were not affected, limiting the overall impact of the attack.
The Commission said its internal systems were not affected and will continue monitoring the situation while strengthening protections. It will analyze the incident to improve cybersecurity, as the EU faces ongoing cyber and hybrid threats targeting critical services and institutions.
BleepingComputer first reported the incident,…
