The news comes not long after leaked documents showed the NSA was bugging and spying EU offices around the world. But the U.S. agency can likely be ruled out as a suspect in this latest hack, following reports from German media.
The European Parliament has shut down its public Wi-Fi network in Strasbourg after a hacker was found to have “captured the communication” between smartphones and tablets. In a public posting to the European Parliament’s internal IT email lists, the warning came after a man-in-the-middle attack was discovered that led to some staff mailboxes being compromised.