In February 2017, suspected Russian actors hacked the computer network of the European Union’s embassy in Moscow, according to BuzzFeed News. European officials determined that the attack – which was perpetrated by an advanced persistent threat (APT) – affected at least two computers and stole data. The “sophisticated cyber espionage event” was still ongoing when it was discovered in April 2019, shortly before elections for the European Parliament. A European spokesperson said that the embassy’s “unclassified network” had potentially been compromised.