Belgacom, the largest telecommunications company in Belgium today announced that their IT Systems were hacked and infected with an unknown Malware. The company has filed a complaint against an unknown third party and is granting its full support to the investigation that is being performed by the Federal Prosecutor. Hacked data might help intelligence agencies gather data on communications coming from the likes of Syria and Yemen. The matter is an extremely sensitive issue in Belgium, since the Belgian government is the company’s main shareholder. The attack reportedly affected a few dozen machines on the network.
Source: https://thehackernews.com/2013/09/belgiums-largest-telcom-belgacom-hacked.html