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ShinyHunters claims the hack of the European Commission

Securityaffairs.Co •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 […]

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ShinyHunters Breaches European Commission, Data Dump Reported The European Commission has reportedly been breached by the cybercrime group ShinyHunters, which claims to have accessed sensitive data including internal communications and content from mail servers. The group has posted the Commission's data on its Tor leak site. In response to the incident, the Commission acknowledged an attack affecting the Europa.eu web portal, which serves as the EU's central online platform. The Commission has downplayed the impact of the attack, but details regarding the extent of the data breach remain unclear. No specific numbers or tools used in the attack have been disclosed, and the current status of the investigation is ongoing. The Commission's statement suggests that they are actively managing the situation, but the full scope of the breach is yet to be determined. 2 sources 49

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ShinyHunters claims the hack of the European Commission

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