http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03/31/eu_parliament_hack/ By John Leyden The Register 31st March 2011 The European Parliament network has fallen under cyber-attack, leading to a suspension of webmail and other security restrictions. The assault, which has led to the suspension of webmail access in Strasbourg, comes after attacks against the European Commission and the External Action Service networks. The Parliament and the Commission run over separate networks. The attack on the parliamentary network was reportedly detected on 24 March, two days after problems with the Commission's Microsoft Exchange email server system first emerged. An EU official said that the two attacks appeared to be co-ordinated, well-organised and geared towards extracting sensitive information. "This is not a couple of teenage boys hacking into the [EU] institutions," the official told European Voice. [...] ___________________________________________________________ Tegatai Managed Colocation: Four Provider Blended Tier-1 Bandwidth, Fortinet Universal Threat Management, Natural Disaster Avoidance, Always-On Power Delivery Network, Cisco Switches, SAS 70 Type II Datacenter. Find peace of mind, Defend your Critical Infrastructure. http://www.tegataiphoenix.com/Received on Thu Mar 31 2011 - 23:28:19 PDT
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