Posted on 06/28/2021 10:11:21 AM PDT by RomanSoldier19
NATO could respond to cyber attacks on its member states in similar ways to an armed attack. The alliance’s Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said the military coalition viewed cyber-attacks on its members as armed land, sea, or air assault, which demanded a collective military response.
Earlier, the alliance had indicated that it considered the cyber front as a legitimate military domain. NATO ratified a Comprehensive Cyber Defense Policy, which could invoke Article 5 after a cyber attack perpetrated by rival entities against a NATO ally.
The article, which was ratified in 1949, perceives an attack on a member country as aggression against all alliance members and calls for a collective military response.
Appearing at the Atlantic Council’s headquarters in Washington ahead of NATO’s summit in Brussels, Stoltenberg said NATO did not distinguish between cyber intrusions and other forms of attacks. He noted that cyber aggression could trigger a military response through “other means.”
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“NATO” and “coordinated military response” in the same sentence means the U.S. is expected to respond the other NATO members fuss about the U.S. being a bully.
Cyper attacks are the new “weapons of mass destruction.”
All that’s necessary is the accusation.
If NATO (US) launched an attack on Russia, using a cyberattack as the reason, given the conduct of the US government of late, how many here would readily accept the premise that the attack did indeed come from Russia?
Guy at the local gun show in Wilmington yesterday was talking about watching Arc Light strikes in Vietnam. How much the grunts loved getting that support.
And of course that accusation will be labeled “insurrection,” and the left will start stripping away Internet access for the accused by judicial fiat. It’s almost like we have a social scoring system? How curious! /sarc
The CIA has admitted that they can make an cyber attack look like it came from anywhere the CIA wants. AI can fake up “perfect” images. Nothing and no one can be trusted any more. Nothing and no one.
“how many here would readily accept the premise that the attack did indeed come from Russia?”
It keeps being clearer every day why the Bible warns so often about the sin of lying.
Flash forward to 2024/5
Trump wins
President Harris says the results are invalid because of a Russian cyber attack on our election systems.
Leftists storm the capital and successfully block the certification of Trump as the President Elect
The media hails them as heroes and patriots
Martial law is declared and missiles are launched.
Not too worried about them. I am sure Biden included them in his list not to hack.
Yeah, Angela is gonna ask the US to bomb their gas pipeline. That’ll show those Rooskies!
A coordinated military response? With Joe Biden? With Angela Merkel? With Boris Johnson? Don’t make me laugh!
Most of these attacks are not from govts or attributable to them. If NATO states seek annihilation, they can attack Russia and see what happens to them.
Well, do we consider Germany’s (& EU) part in the act-of-war (Pearl Harbor II) toward the USA on November 3-4, 2020 as such a crime?
LOL....A biological warfare attack didn’t trigger one but a cyber attack would.
Everyone knows they are full of sh!t and will do little beyond protest.
Including me.
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