Brussels is digging into a cyber break-in that targeted the European Commission’s mobile device management systems, potentially giving intruders a peek inside the official phones carried by EU staff.
Identified by CERT-EU, the bloc’s computer emergency response team responsible for defending EU institutions, the intrusion was detected on January 30 and affected infrastructure associated with centrally managed mobile devices issued to Commission staff. The Commission said it launched an internal incident response and forensic investigation after being alerted to suspicious activity.
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Source: The Register News
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