EU institutions to create new cyber defence unit

EUObserver reported that EU institutions would be setting up a joint team of internet security experts in June 2011 following the incident in March 2011 months after the European Commission was hacked in a bid to get sensitive data on external relations and monetary issues.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background Information: Cyber attack on European Commission reported http://www.europeansources.info/record/cyber-attack-on-european-commission-reported/

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