The EU Commission has been hacked, following the compromise of an Amazon Web Services account.

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The EU Commission has been hacked, following the compromise of an Amazon Web Services account. In a demonstration of the shared responsibility model, AWS did not experience a security event; the EU Commission did. The most recent hack is reported to have compromised over 350 Gb of data, that

The hack follows a previous data breach in February, following a hack of an MDM platform used to manage staff devices.

Cloud-focused attacks, especially from nation-states, are soaring and artificial intelligence has boosted the speed they move, according to CrowdStrike’s 2026 Global Threat Report released last month.

AI-enabled hacks are on the rise. AI will create challenges for insurers and the insured as it exploits existing vulnerabilities and new vulnerabilities at speed and scale. Digital complexity and our preparedness for cyberattacks create new threats and risks that insurance alone cannot manage.

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@Thaddeus Dziekanowski Brian D. McCarthy

@Parava Security Solutions European Commission

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