A cyber attack could draw a military response from NATO, leaders of the organization said at an event in Washington.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg told a key alliance planning summit on Wednesday morning that “cyber is now a central part of virtually all crisis and conflicts, NATO has made clear that cyber attacks can potentially trigger an Article 5 response,” according to a report in Defense News.
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Article 5 of the Washington Treaty, NATO’s organizing document, holds that an attack against one member nation is an attack against all, triggering a collective response.
In a recent appearance in Brussels, Konstantin Kosachev, chairman of Russia’s Federation Council Committee on International Affairs, challenged Stoltenberg on whether NATO might bomb countries that are involved in cyber attacks—or are suspected of being.
“We will do what’s necessary to do to protect all allies,” Stoltenberg replied. “But I’m not going to tell you exactly how I’m going to do that … that’s the main message.”
Read the full report at DefenseNews.com.
