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Computer spying in the EU Council (none / 0)

Alerta en Bruselas al detectarse la infiltración de espías · ELPAÍS.com		Alert in Brussels as infiltration by spies is detected - ElPais.com
El espionaje a Solana impulsa a la UE a reforzar las redes de seguridad		The spying on Solana pushes the EU to strengthen its security networks.
RICARDO MARTÍNEZ DE RITUERTO - Bruselas - 05/07/2009
Bruselas, capital de Europa y sede de la OTAN, anfitriona de 285 embajadas y de 5.000 diplomáticos, auscultada diariamente por más de mil periodistas, hogar de exiliados y de emigrantes, conjuga todos los tiempos del verbo espiar. Javier Solana, coordinador de la política exterior de la Unión Europea, un día en contacto con Barack Obama y al siguiente con Dmitri Medvedev, el hombre que coordina la negociación con Irán y dirige los esfuerzos diplomáticos europeos en Oriente Próximo, ha sido la última gran víctima del fenómeno. "Yo he sido sometido a espionaje durante varios meses, sin saberlo, por una potencia no europea", confiesa. El incidente ha llevado a estrechar las medidas de seguridad en el Consejo de la UE, alarmado tras detectar potenciales fugas de información al poco de que la Comisión Europea alertara a sus funcionarios sobre los espías que asedian al Ejecutivo comunitario, entre los que no debe descartarse a la "atractiva becaria rubia de piernas largas".		Brussels, capital of Europe and site of NATO, host of 285 embassies and over 5,000 diplomats, examined daily by over a thousand journalists, home to exiles and migrants, it conugates all the tenses of the verb 'to spy'. Javier Solana, coordinator of the EU's foreign policy, one day in touch with Barack Obama an the next with Dmitri Medvedev, the man coordinating the negotiations with Iran and directing the European diplomatic efforts in the Near East, has been the latest great victim of the phenomenon. "I have been the subject of spying over several months, unawares, by a non-European power", he confesses. The incident has led to the strengthening of security measures in the Council of the EU, alarmed after detecting potential leaks of information shortly after the European Commission warned its civil servants about the spies laying siege to the EU's executive, among which one cannot discard "the attractive, long-legged intern".
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"No es sólo Solana", apunta otra fuente conocedora de los entretelas del Consejo, el edificio en que los Gobiernos de la Unión tienen parte de sus dependencias y donde se cruzan todos los intereses nacionales. "Ha habido otros casos". Descubiertos también fortuitamente. Alguien recibió un correo electrónico y cuando llamó al expedidor para hacerle notar que faltaba el prometido documento adjunto, el teórico remitente negó haber enviado tal mensaje. Alguien había entrado en su ordenador.		"It is not just Solana", points out a source in the know about the behind-the-scenes workings of the Council, the building in which the governments of the EU have part of their offices and where all the national interests cross. "There have been other cases". Also discovered by chance. Someone received an e-mail and when they called the sender to let them know the promised attachment was missing, the alleged sender denied having sent the message. Someone had hacked their computer.

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by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sun Jul 5th, 2009 at 07:37:52 AM EST
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Re: Computer spying in the EU Council (none / 0)

There really is no excuse for this, there are umpty national agencies who should be pooling ideas on how to prevent this. The UK, France and germany must be spending 10s of millions, so why aren't they helping out ? It's their data being compromised.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Sun Jul 5th, 2009 at 07:44:41 AM EST
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