Data breach at European Parliament exposes 1,200 officials details

18/05/2020 | Politico

Personal information belonging to more than a thousand staff and members of the European Parliament has been exposed in what a lawmaker referred to as a "major data breach." In addition to the accounts of 1,200 elected officials and staff, another 15,000 accounts of EU affairs professionals, the Parliament's vice president for IT policy Marcel Kolaja confirmed on Saturday.

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