World | European Union 'Serious' Hack Strikes EU on Eve of Summit It's 'a big one,' but officials mum on details By Matt Cantor Posted Mar 24, 2011 3:15 AM CDT Copied French President Nicolas Sarkozy, left, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, and Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski, talk during a press conference Monday, Feb.7, 2011. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski) The EU government was hit with a “serious” cyberattack the day before a summit in Brussels. “We're often hit by cyberattacks, but this is a big one,” said an insider. Officials didn’t provide details of the attack, which targeted the European Commission and the EU’s External Action Service. The hack follows a large-scale cyberattack in France. “We are already taking urgent measures to tackle this. An inquiry's been launched,” a spokesman tells the BBC. Read These Next How a doomsday AI hypothetical contributed to massive market drop. Doctor who appears in Epstein files steps back from CBS. Martin Short's daughter dies by suicide at 42. Trump settles lawsuit over use of an Isaac Hayes classic. Report an error