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Chinese Hackers Breach Belgium State Security Service as Investigation Continues

By Radu Balanescu on
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Belgium’s State Security Service (VSSE) has suffered what is being described as its most severe security breach to date.

For nearly two years, a group of Chinese hackers exploited a vulnerability in Barracuda’s Email Security Gateway Appliance, a cybersecurity tool used by the VSSE, to access approximately 10% of the agency’s email traffic.

The breach, which also impacted the Belgian Pipeline Organisation (BPO), was first revealed in 2023 by Knack and Datanews, but its full extent has only now come to light.

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