Europol confirms incident following alleged auction of staff data

Europol is investigating claims by a threat actor calling themselves "IntelBroker" who alleges they stole confidential data from the Europol Platform for Experts (EPE) and other Europol project spaces, shared screenshots and user lists as proof, and offered the data for sale (Monero requested); Europol has taken EPE offline for maintenance and has not publicly confirmed a system breach. The report also references a recent exposure of the European Parliament's PEOPLE recruitment app, indicating a pattern of intrusions or data exposures affecting EU institutions.