Author (Corporate) | European Union Institute for Security Studies |
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Series Title | Issue Alert |
Series Details | No.5, January 2015 |
Publication Date | January 2015 |
ISSN | 2315-1129 |
Content Type | Journal | Series | Blog |
Cyber-attacks were rarely disconnected from political realities. CyberBerkut – a pro-Russian group of ‘patriot’ hackers – had, for example, hacked German government websites in retaliation for the political support offered to Kiev by Berlin. The Syrian Electronic Army – a hacker collective thought to be linked to Syrian President Bassar al-Assad – regularly targeted Western media outlets. Due to this blurring of the virtual and physical worlds, governments, which were familiar with stateless actors such as al-Qaeda or the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), had to learn to deal with equally hostile, amorphous and often state-sponsored ‘hacktors’. Issue Alert by Gergana Petkova. |
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Source Link | https://publications.europa.eu/s/djYQ |
Subject Categories | Politics and International Relations, Security and Defence |
Countries / Regions | Europe |
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