DECRYPTION – Common attribution, reinforced cooperation, harmonization of security requirements… Faced with rising risks, the European Union is accelerating its awakening.
“We can attribute the malicious cyber activity against Ukraine, which targeted the KA-SAT satellite network, operated by Viasat, to the Russian government,” declared the head of diplomacy of the European Union, Josep Borrell, on 10th May last. This is the first time that the twenty-seven Member States of the Union have agreed on a joint response to a cyberattack, by drawing a tool that has been available to it since 2017.
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Triggered an hour before the Russian ground offensive, the attack intended to cut Ukrainian communications using this satellite network had, in turn, deprived thousands of Internet users in Germany, France, Hungary, Greece, in Italy and Poland. “A step has been taken, says a European diplomat. This shows that the European Union is reaching a certain maturity because attribution is a complex issue. This sends a strong message to the aggressor that this type of violation of international law…
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