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\n<\/span><\/p>\nThe EU has reported a “serious” cyber attack on the Commission and External Action Service on the eve of a summit in Brussels, a spokesman told the BBC.<\/p>\n
Crucial decisions on the future structure of the EU, economic strategy and the ongoing war in Libya are to be discussed at the two-day talks.<\/p>\n
Details were not given but other sources compared the attack to a recent assault on France’s finance ministry.<\/p>\n
“We’re often hit by cyber attacks but this is a big one,” one source said.<\/p>\n
The European Commission has been assessing the scale of the current threat and, in order to prevent the “disclosure of unauthorised information”, has shut down external access to e-mail and the institutions’ intranet. <\/p>\n
Staff have been asked to change their passwords.<\/p>\n
‘Serious cyber attack’<\/span><\/p>\n“The Commission and External Advisory Service are subject to a serious cyber attack,” Antony Gravili, spokesman for the security and information technology commissioner, told the BBC News website.<\/p>\n
“We are already taking urgent measures to tackle this. An inquiry’s been launched. This isn’t unusual as the commission is frequently targeted.” <\/p>\n
Mr Gravili added that he had no information the attack had been linked to the EU summit. <\/p>\n
France’s finance ministry came under a cyber attack in December that targeted files on the G20 summit held in Paris last month.<\/p>\n
Confirming the attack, Budget Minister Francois Baroin said an investigation had been launched.<\/p>\n
Paris Match magazine said a sustained cyber attack had sought documents related to the G20 and international economic affairs.<\/p>\n
More than 150 of the French ministry’s 170,000 computers were affected.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n
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