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An incredible incident occurred on Friday at video conference that he EU Defense Ministers.
While the ministers were discussing, in one of the screens, suddenly appeared a young man with a black shirt, slightly unshaven, that somehow shamed the other participants.
The EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell, coordinate the debate in Brussels, confused and asked to know more about the identity of the uninvited intruder. Tells you that it is journalist since Netherlands.
Surprised, Borel replied, according to Deutsche Welle: “Do you know that you are in a confidential conversation? constitutes a criminal offense… ». Uninvited intruder asks kindly apologizes and leaves.
A little later, the Dutch television station RTL Nieuws, where reporter Daniel Verlaan works, broadcasts a relevant report. It does not transmit any fragment of the confidential conversations, except at that moment, in which Josep Borrell states in surprise: “We have been hacked… »
It is possible to drill a simple so easily – even if you are familiar with the technology – journalist at the meeting of European Defense Ministers? If so, how easily can invade the video conference Really seasoned hackers or worse, secret services and who knows who else cares?
However, everything shows that the young reporter did not have to hack anyone …
As it became known later, the “security breachIt is inspired by Dutch Defense Minister Ank Bileveld, who is currently quarantined due to a pandemic and work from home.
Wanting to remember that continues its activities, Mrs. Bileveld tweeted a photo that shows her sitting at the table, preparing for the meeting of Defense Ministers. Next to him he has some notes, a cup of coffee, a glass of water. Unfortunately, one has been forgotten at the same table. paper with the conference call password. To the attentive observer, only the last element of the code was not visible. Journalist Daniel Verlaan tried different variations and finally came up with the right combination, piercing the … shrines of Brussels.
Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte I wasn’t excited at all with all this, but he did not want to publicly criticize his minister. “We see how careful all ministers must be when using Twitter,” he says succinctly (and not via Twitter).
Less fun is the event of a representative of the European Council, who speaks of “Illegal action, which will be reported to the competent authorities.».
