NYT: Hackers publish communication network of diplomats from EU countries

Baku. 19 December. REPORT.AZ/  Hackers infiltrated the European Union's diplomatic communications network for years, downloading thousands of cables including those revealing concerns regarding Russia, Report informs citing The New York Times.

Area 1, the firm that discovered the breach, confirmed this. Area 1 made more than 1,100 of the hacked European Union cables available to The New York Times. According to the article, in one cable, European diplomats described a meeting between United States President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki as "successful (at least for Putin)".

Other the cables include a warning that Crimea had been turned into a "hot-zone where nuclear warheads might have already been deployed". US officials say they have not seen evidence yet of nuclear warheads in Crimea.

According to the material, the cable also recommended the EU diplomats working around Mr Trump by dealing directly with Congress