NATO Countries At Summit on June 14 in Brussels, the agreement will register an agreement on helping to each other in the case of cyber attacks against them. This was stated by the US President’s Assistant on National Security Jake Sullivan, transfers.
“If someone is subjected to mass cyberatka and will experience the need for technical or intelligence support from other members to cope with this, they can use the fifth article by NATO Charter (an attack on one member of the Alliance is regarded as an attack on all members of the block – Approx. “Tape.ru”), “he said. The official added that “it will be considered in each specific case.”
On June 11, Great Britain accused Russia in the awareness of kiberataks and called on the “big seven” to unanimously oppose such acts. The head of the British Foreign Ministry Dominic Raab, he stressed that cyber attacks contradict the norms of international law. “They apply great damage, some of them are committed for pure theft or profit, others – only to sow chaos,” said the head of the British Foreign Ministry. The diplomat also stressed that hacker attacks on hospitals, schools and key infrastructure objects are unacceptable.
On June 8, the NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg promised to defend allies of the Alliance from Russia and Belarus. “NATO is a defensive alliance, but we are alert and are ready to defend themselves from any threat emanating from Minsk or Moscow,” he told. According to politics, the North Atlantic Alliance sees a major threat to Russia and China – more precisely, in their military and political cooperation. In addition, terrorism and kiberataki represents a greater danger.