NATO to take cyber-defense under control as threat rises

Defense ministers from NATO’s 28 member states meet June 4. with cyber-defense top of the agenda, amid concerns about the threat posed by increasing cyber-attacks, many blamed on China.

“The challenge evolves all the time, probably (much faster) than any other type of threat we face at the moment,” said one senior NATO official who asked not to be named. “We have to make certain that NATO keeps pace with the threat,” the official added, looking ahead to the meeting June 4 and 5.

Newly appointed U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, who will be attending his first NATO meeting since taking office, has made the issue a priority.

In Singapore on June 1 he accused China of waging cyber-espionage against the U.S. after a U.S. report found evidence of a broad Chinese spying campaign against top U.S. defense contractors and government agencies. “The United States has expressed our concerns about the growing threat of cyber intrusions, some of which appear to be tied to the Chinese government and military,” he told an annual conference known as the Shangri-La Dialogue.


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