The action follows as Ukrainian cybersecurity services cautioned about impending cyberattacks and concerns on Monday, following the nation’s conflict with Russia in the east.

The EU’s Cyber Rapid Response Team consists of about ten national cybersecurity experts from six European countries, namely Romania, Croatia, Poland, Estonia, the Netherlands, and Lithuania, who will aid nations under cyberattacks. The unit is part of the EU’s PESCO defence cooperation initiative, which will be its maiden operation. According to Margiris Abukeviius, vice minister of Lithuania’s Ministry of National Defence, the six participating nations decided to deploy the force.

The European authorities will liaise with Ukraine to determine where and whose expertise will be sent to the operation. In a communication to EU leaders dated February 18, the Ukrainian government requested the EU’s assistance with cyber security forces.

Kyiv’s request for cyber assistance comes on the heels of two significant cyberattacks on Ukrainian government networks in recent times. In mid-January, the hackers criticized government portals and distributed malware designed to erase data. Official websites were also brought down last week by a flood of traffic directed at them, which Ukrainian security agencies described as the country’s most significant attack of its kind.

In recent times, Ukraine has been subjected to a series of massive cyberattacks, many of which have been blamed on Russian security agencies by Ukrainian and Western authorities. The EU has put millions of dollars into projects to strengthen Ukraine’s digital and cybersecurity facilities in recent years. The nation is regarded as the forefront in terms of cyber conflict and a testing ground for intelligence agencies to employ malware and espionage weapons.

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-Adv. Sabrina Bath
(Content Writer, WCSF)

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