CYBER ATTACKS - IMPORTANT QUESTIONS FOR THE WORLD

The recent spate of cyber attacks on the Republic of Estonia, one of the European Union’s new member states, has raised important questions for the international community.

General Johannes Kert, military representative of the Republic of Estonia to NATO and a keynote speaker at the New Security Foundation’s Berlin conference on security training, told delegates that the status in international law of state sponsored cyber attacks needed to be addressed by politicians and lawyers as a matter of urgency.

General Kert, who was speaking in a session on‚ Terror and the Web’ told the conference that the attacks had been coordinated by state organisations and succeeded in damaging both public and private sector facilities. They had, however, provided an opportunity to test resilience procedures and improve training.

For a report of the conference, please click here.

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