Europe Cyberwarfare

1 europe

1.1 estonia
1.2 germany
1.3 netherlands
1.4 norway
1.5 sweden
1.6 ukraine
1.7 united kingdom

europe
estonia

in april 2007, estonia came under cyber attack in wake of relocation of bronze soldier of tallinn. largest part of attacks coming russia , official servers of authorities of russia. in attack, ministries, banks, , media targeted. attack on estonia, seemingly small baltic nation, effective because of how of nation run online. estonia has implemented e-government, bank services, political elections , taxes done online.this attack hurt estonia s economy , people of estonia. @ least 150 people injured on first day due riots in streets.

germany

in 2013, germany revealed existence of 60-person computer network operation unit. german intelligence agency, bnd, announced seeking hire 130 hackers new cyber defence station unit. in march 2013, bnd president gerhard schindler announced agency had observed 5 attacks day on government authorities, thought originate in china. confirmed attackers had far accessed data , expressed concern stolen information used basis of future sabotage attacks against arms manufacturers, telecommunications companies , government , military agencies. shortly after edward snowden leaked details of u.s. national security agency s cyber surveillance system, german interior minister hans-peter friedrich announced bnd given additional budget of 100 million euros increase cyber surveillance capability 5% of total internet traffic in germany 20% of total traffic, maximum amount allowed german law.

netherlands

in netherlands, cyber defense nationally coordinated national cyber security centrum (nl) (ncsc). dutch ministry of defense laid out cyber strategy in 2011. first focus improve cyber defense handled joint branch (jivc). improve intel operations intel community in netherlands (including military intel organization mivd) has set joint sigint cyber unit (jscu). ministry of defense furthermore setting offensive cyber force, called defensie cyber command (dcc), operational in end of 2014.

norway

sweden

in january 2017, sweden s armed forces subjected cyber-attack caused them shutdown so-called caxcis system used in military exercises.

ukraine

according crowdstrike 2014 2016, russian apt fancy bear used android malware target ukrainian army s rocket forces , artillery. distributed infected version of android app original purpose control targeting data d-30 howitzer artillery. app, used ukrainian officers, loaded x-agent spyware , posted online on military forums. attack claimed crowdstrike successful, more 80% of ukrainian d-30 howitzers destroyed, highest percentage loss of artillery pieces in army (a percentage had never been reported , mean loss of entire arsenal of biggest artillery piece of ukrainian armed forces). according ukrainian army number incorrect , losses in artillery weapons way below reported , these losses have nothing stated cause .

in 2014, russians suspected use cyber weapon called snake , or ouroboros, conduct cyber attack on ukraine during period of political turmoil. snake tool kit began spreading ukrainian computer systems in 2010. performed computer network exploitation (cne), highly sophisticated computer network attacks (cna).

on december 23, 2015 blackenergy malware used in cyberattack on ukraine s powergrid left more 200,000 people temporarily without power. mining company , large railway operator victims of attack.

united kingdom

mi6 reportedly infiltrated al qaeda website , replaced instructions making pipe bomb recipe making cupcakes.

in october 2010, iain lobban, director of government communications headquarters (gchq), said uk faces real , credible threat cyber attacks hostile states , criminals , government systems targeted 1,000 times each month, such attacks threatened uk s economic future, , countries using cyber assaults put pressure on other nations.

on 12 november 2013, financial organisations in london conducted cyber war games dubbed waking shark 2 simulate massive internet-based attacks against bank , other financial organisations. waking shark 2 cyber war games followed similar exercise in wall street.