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\"\"<\/a>The EU has reported a \u201cserious\u201d 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\u2019s finance ministry.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re often hit by cyber attacks but this is a big one,\u201d one source said.<\/p>\n

The European Commission has been assessing the scale of the current threat and, in order to prevent the \u201cdisclosure of unauthorised information\u201d, has shut down external access to e-mail and the institutions\u2019 intranet.<\/p>\n

Staff have been asked to change their passwords.<\/p>\n

\u2018Serious cyber attack\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Commission and External Advisory Service are subject to a serious cyber attack,\u201d Antony Gravili, spokesman for the security and information technology commissioner, told the BBC News website.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are already taking urgent measures to tackle this. An inquiry\u2019s been launched. This isn\u2019t unusual as the commission is frequently targeted.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr Gravili added that he had no information the attack had been linked to the EU summit.<\/p>\n

France\u2019s 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\u2019s 170,000 computers were affected.
Source: BBC<\/p>\n

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