Cyber attack against Georgia condemned during closed sitting of UNSC
Cyber attack against Georgia condemned during closed sitting of UNSC
10:23, 06.03.2020

Estonia, the U.S. and the United Kingdom condemned the “extensive and disruptive cyberattacks on Georgia in October of 2019, during the closed sitting of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on March 5.

“In February the Georgian permanent Representative wrote the Security Council regarding a large-scale cyber-attack launched against the Georgian Government and media websites last October. Estonia, supported by the U.S. and the U.S. raised the issue in Any Other Business today,” reads the press stakeout released by Estonia, the United Kingdom and the United States, and delivered by Sven Jürgenson, Estonian Representative to the UN.

“We are clear that Russia’s military intelligence service – the GRU – conducted these cyber-attacks in an attempt to sow discord and disrupt lives of ordinary Georgian people,” the joint statement noted.

It further added that “these cyber-attacks are part of Russia’s long-running campaign of hostile and destabilizing activity against Georgia, and are part of a wider pattern of malign activity.” The stakeout stressed that these actions “clearly contradict Russia’s attempts to claim it as a responsible actor in cyberspace and demonstrate a continuing pattern of reckless GRU cyber operations against a number of countries.”

The joint statement by Estonia, UK and U.S. stressed that “irresponsibility in cyber-space is detrimental to all of us,” stressing that “we together with the international community, will continue our efforts to uphold an international framework of responsible state behavior in cyberspace.”

“We thank our partners for their strong support to Georgia in condemning this brazen act against Georgia and its people,” Georgian Permanent Mission to the United Nations Tweeted.

According to the Estonian Mission to the UN, it was the first time cyberattacks were officially discussed as a separate issue at the UN Security Council.

 





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