The EU has reported a "serious" cyber assault on the Commission and External Action Service on the night before of a zenith in Brussels, a orator told the BBC.
Crucial decisions on the future make up of the EU, mercantile plan and the continuing fight in Libya are to be discussed at the two-day talks.
Details were not since but other sources compared the assault to a new assault on France's financial ministry.
"We're frequently strike by cyber attacks but this is a large one," a source said.
The European Commission has been assessing the scale of the stream hazard and, to be able to head off the "disclosure of without official authorization information", has close down outmost access to e-mail and the institutions' intranet.
Staff have been asked to change their passwords.
"The Commission and External Advisory Service are theme to a major cyber attack," Antony Gravili, orator is to safety and data technology commissioner, told the BBC News website.
"We are already receiving obligatory measures to plunge into this. An inquiry's been launched. This isn't out of the ordinary as the assignment is frequently targeted."
Mr Gravili updated that he had no data the assault had been related to the EU summit.
France's financial method came beneath a cyber assault in December that targeted files on the G20 zenith hold in Paris final month.
Confirming the attack, Budget Minister Francois Baroin mentioned an scrutiny had been launched.
Paris Match publication mentioned a postulated cyber assault had sought papers related to the G20 and general mercantile affairs.
More than 150 of the French ministry's 170,000 computers were affected.
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