In the official statement made on behalf of the 27 EU member states as well as international partners – the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia and others – it was stated that cyber attacks targeting Ukraine and our country’s critical infrastructure could spread to other countries and cause systemic problems. results. All this threatens the security of European citizens.

“The European Union, in close cooperation with its partners, is considering taking further steps to prevent, deter and respond to such harmful behavior in cyberspace. The European Union will continue to provide coordinated political, financial and material support to Ukraine to strengthen its cyber resilience” said.

It will be recalled that since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale military invasion of Ukraine, the number of hostile cyber-attacks has more than doubled. According to the Government Computer Emergency Response Team CERT-UA, operating under the auspices of the State Special Service, 551 cyberattacks were recorded in 2.5 months. Source