Deputy Minister of National Defence Margiris Abukevičius underscored, “A unified and strong diplomatic response of the European Union to the intense pro-Russian hacker attacks against Lithuania and other Member States is an important signal that such a malicious activity is unacceptable and will bring consequences to the responsible.”
The Declaration underscores on behalf of High Representative Josep Borell and all EU Member States that the Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks carried out against several EU Member States and Partners claimed by pro-Russian hacker groups was yet another signal of rising cyber threat tensions.
“Clearly, the DDoS targeting Lithuania and other EU Member States are an integral part of the Russian war in Ukraine,” said Abukevičius.
According to the deputy minister, the Lithuanian cybersecurity and law enforcement institutions collaborate with international partners and a pre-trial procedure has been launched to assess the criminal offence and bring to justice the participants, not ruling out application of collective diplomatic EU measures further in the course.
The EU and Member States have strongly condemned cyber-attacks against Ukraine in the context of the Russian war against Ukraine and attributed responsibility for cyber activities targeting the satellite KA-SAT network to the Russian Federation earlier this year as well.
