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TELECOMMUNICATIONS : EU MUST BE CAPABLE OF FIGHTING OFF LARGE-SCALE CYBERATTACKS.
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Tech Europe
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June 4, 2008
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The EU has to give itself the means to combat cyberattacks, which are now the work of organised criminals rather than small-time hackers. On a visit to Brussels, on 27 May, representatives of the European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) called for more European action, particularly as the member states will soon be renewing the mandate of the Crete-based agency for three years, from 2009.
"Everything is done online now. We do not wish to see a digital attack like that of 11 September 2001," declared the Executive Director of ENISA, Andrea Pirotti. "An attack could be extremely harmful but I can say that the situation is under control for now," he added.
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