Belgium's telecoms firm Belgacom hacked; officials suspect state-sponsored cyber-espionage
Belgium’s main phone operator said Monday its systems have been hacked in what the government described as a suspected incident of cyber-espionage.
Initial information points toward a sophisticated system of intrusion not for sabotage purposes but for “strategic information gathering” with the technology used suggesting “a high-level involvement by another country,” Belgian Prime Minister Elio di Rupo said in a statement.
Belgacom said its teams of experts found “traces of a digital intrusion in the company’s internal IT system” but restored the system’s integrity over the weekend. The company said it currently has no indication of any impact on its customers or their data. It has filed a complaint with federal prosecutors against an unknown third party.
