Belgium’s telecoms firm Belgacom hacked; officials suspect state-sponsored cyber-espionage

Belgium’s main phone operator said Monday its systems have been hacked in what the government described as a suspected incident of cyber-espionage.

Initial information points toward a sophisticated system of intrusion not for sabotage purposes but for “strategic information gathering” with the technology used suggesting “a high-level involvement by another country,” Belgian Prime Minister Elio di Rupo said in a statement.