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 Joe Rogan's ICE criticism may be trouble for Trump. He heckled President Trump, is now $430K richer. After bill defeat, House GOP warns members against skipping votes. A Cape Cod car theft didn't go as planned. Report an error