Cybersecurity

EU Investigating Report of Massive Hacking on Diplomatic Cables

  • NYT reports hackers breached EU’s diplomatic communications
  • Cybersecurity firm Area 1 discovered the breach, NYT says
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The European Union is investigating "a potential leak of sensitive information" following a report that hackers breached the bloc’s diplomatic communications network.

Using techniques similar to those used by an elite unit of China’s People’s Liberation Army, hackers downloaded cables over a period of three years, according to the report by the New York Times published late Tuesday.