ShinyHunters claims the hack of the European Commission

Key Points:

• ShinyHunters has allegedly breached the European Commission, claiming to have stolen over 350 GB of sensitive data, including content from mail servers and internal communications.
• The attack affected the cloud infrastructure hosting the Commission's Europa.eu websites, but internal systems remained unaffected, limiting overall impact. An investigation is ongoing to assess the full extent of the breach.
• Organizations should enhance their monitoring and security measures, particularly against social engineering tactics used by ShinyHunters to access SaaS platforms.

Technical Details: The breach reportedly involved unauthorized access to the European Commission’s AWS account, with attackers leveraging social engineering methods to obtain credentials. The specific attack vector remains unknown.

MITRE ATT&CK Techniques:

• T1078 - Valid Accounts (Defense Evasion)
• T1566.001 - Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment (Initial Access)

IOCs Mentioned: None mentioned