Published on
26/08/2026 - 12:46 GMT+2
State actors have been attempting to hack into EU officials' Signal and WhatsApp accounts, according to a confidential European Commission presentation obtained by Euronews.
The presentation, prepared by the Interinstitutional Cybersecurity Board – a body set up in January 2024 to ensure EU institutions comply with the bloc's cybersecurity rules – provides an updated overview of the threat landscape facing Brussels over the past year.
In an unprecedented admission, first reported by Politico, the EU body acknowledged for the first time that state-sponsored actors have engaged in "spearphishing", a highly targeted cyberattack method in which hackers send personalised messages to specific individuals or organisations to steal data or install malware.
