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 Colbert tells audience it's curtains for his Late Show. Rare cancer claims a former Super Bowl champ. This is why you don't wear metal in MRI rooms. You're well-known, out with your mistress, and busted on Kiss Cam. Report an error