Europol, the European Union's law enforcement agency, confirmed that its Europol Platform for Experts (EPE) portal was breached and is now investigating the incident after a threat actor claimed they stole For Official Use Only (FOUO) documents containing classified data.
EPE is an online platform law enforcement experts use to "share knowledge, best practices and non-personal data on crime."
"Europol is aware of the incident and is assessing the situation. Initial actions have already been taken. The incident concerns a Europol Platform for Expert (EPE) closed user group," Europol told BleepingComputer.
"No operational information is processed on this EPE application. No core systems of Europol are affected and therefore, no operational data from Europol has been compromised."
BleepingComputer also asked when the breach occurred and whether it is true FOUO and classified documents were stolen as claimed by the threat actor, but a response was not immediately available.
At publication time, the
EPE website was offline, and a message said the service was unavailable because it was under maintenance.
