Tag: EU

EU – data breaches to be reported within 24 hours

January 26, 2012

In an escalation of the tendency to require companies to be forthright with their users following a breach, a European Union proposed bill intended to overhaul a 17-year old law is making progress. This week EU will outline the overhaul to the existing rules, hoping to encourage more expedient communication efforts following a breach, in … More EU – data breaches to be reported within 24 hours

CyberThreats Daily: Serious cyber attack on EU bodies before summit

March 24, 2011

The EU has reported a “serious” cyber attack on the Commission and External Action Service on the eve of a summit in Brussels, a spokesman told the BBC. The European Commission has been assessing the scale of the current threat and, in order to prevent the “disclosure of unauthorised information”, has shut down external access … More CyberThreats Daily: Serious cyber attack on EU bodies before summit