Europol web platform breached, data posted online
Europol confirmed a breach of its web platform, while cybercriminals claimed responsibility for the hack and posted data online. Europol said no operational data was stolen. Europol investigated the breach as the hacker offered to sell classified data.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- Europol
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Web platform breach and data posted online; theft of operational data denied
- Cause / method
- Hacking of web platform
- Location
- Netherlands
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Timeline
- Europol confirmed a breach of its web portal and said no operational data was stolen.
- Cybercriminals' posting of data online and an offer to sell classified data came to light, and Europol investigated the incident.
- Threat actor IntelBroker's claim of a Europol data breach came to light.
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