The attackers attempted to install the Pegasus tracking malware
Evidence that the mobile phone of the Commissioner for Justice, Didier Reyders, and other employees of the European Commission were the target of a hacking attempt has been detected by the European Union, according to information from Reuters.
The attackers attempted to install the Pegasus tracking malware.
Although no hard evidence has been found that they succeeded, EU investigators have found strong indications that hacking took place, as Mr Reiders himself said in a letter he sent on Monday to MEP Sofia Inn it Veldt, who is a member of the relevant investigative committee. .
The entire investigation began in 2021, when Apple informed Commissioner Raeders that the iPhone he was using had likely been targeted by a Pegasus attack.
The notification from Apple triggered the Commission’s security services, which examined the mobile phone of the Belgian commissioner and an unspecified number of EU officials.
In his letter to the MEP, Mr. Reiders states that with today’s data “it is impossible to attribute” the attack to someone “with absolute certainty”. The commissioner adds that the investigation remains ongoing.
Ms Init Veldt, who gave the letter to Reuters, told the international agency that it must be clarified who targeted the Commission.
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