The EU cannot send a classified file to itself securely

This article was published on August 26, 2026 An internal EU cyber presentation obtained by Politico lists account takeover of senior officials among the bloc’s top threats this year. It is the first time an EU authority has formally attributed such attacks to a foreign government. European Union flags outside the Berlaymont building in Brussels Foreign governments have tried to break into the messaging accounts of senior European Union officials. The bloc’s own cyber defence unit told national governments so in July. An internal presentation lists “account takeover targeting high-ranking officials” among the top threats facing the bloc this year. Sam Clark obtained the document for Politico. It is the first official acknowledgement that anyone targeted EU officials through messaging apps. It is also the first time an EU authority has formally attributed such attacks to a foreign government. The officials were hit with what the document calls state-sponsored spearphishing. That means a government-backed campaign built around specific named people rather than a mass mailing. Attackers used social engineering, writing personalised messages designed to make a particular official click