After the attacks on some EU countries, the EU called for the immediate cessation of malicious cyber activities by an organization believed to be related to the Russian country.
A sort of declaration Josep Borrell, the EU’s highest diplomat and high representative for foreign and security affairs, lashed out at the attack, calling it “unacceptable” and aimed at “threatening our integrity and security, democratic values and principles, and our democratic countries The core operation of “. . “
Fighting against cyber attacks is vital to European security.We have observed malicious cyber activities together with EU member states, collectively referred to as #Copywriting. They try to threaten our integrity, security, democratic values and principles + the core function of our democratic country https://t.co/XokFJs6NkM
-Josep Borrell Fontelles (@JosepBorrellF) September 24, 2021
The organization is called “Ghostwriter” and is associated with the Russian government and is related to multiple attacks in European Union countries. The European Union stated that the targets of these attacks were politicians and government officials, as well as members of the press and civil society.
According to Berlin, the upcoming German election on September 26 is one of the organization’s recent goals.
After a wave of cyberattacks against German policymakers earlier this year, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that Ghostwriter combines “traditional cyber threats with disinformation and influence operations,” and the campaign is seen as aimed at sabotage The stability of the election this week.
Earlier this year, the Polish government accused the organization of hacking and leaking sensitive e-mails belonging to senior officials, including the prime minister. Warsaw blamed Moscow for the action, saying that the dissemination of the information was intended to incite mistrust and division between Poland and other countries.
In June, after the attack, Poland asked the EU to respond using its cyber diplomacy toolkit, a set of measures designed to deter and respond to cyber threats.
At our request, Russia’s cyber attacks and disinformation activities against 🇵🇱 and other 🇪🇺 countries have aroused a strong response.
The European Union condemned Russia and urged the cessation of its harmful activities in cyberspace.
➡️ https://t.co/hT77vHGrgn pic.twitter.com/UDFFJR52Oc
-Poland in the European Union (@PLPermRepEU) September 24, 2021
Nabila Massrali, spokesperson for the Committee’s foreign and security policy, told EURACTIV that in the ensuing discussion, “more member states, especially Germany, announced that they were affected by malicious cyber activities related to the Russian state”.
“Today, also in view of the German general election, we declared this to be unacceptable and urged all relevant personnel to end this,” she said.
[Edited by Zoran Radosavljevic]
