NATO Readies for Cyber Threats on Russian Doorstep

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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-11-29/nato-readies-for-cyber-threats-with-wargames-on-russian-doorstep

By Natalia Drozdiak and Ott Ummelas
Bloomberg
November 29, 2018

In a small Estonian town about 30 miles from the Russian border, NATO is 
playing out fictional scenarios where allied networks and civilian systems 
are under online assault.

A three-day annual exercise, dubbed Cyber Coalition, is pulling together 
officials from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and its partners in 
Estonia, which suffered what's widely believed to be the first 
state-sponsored cyber assault on another country in 2007 amid a row with 
Russia over relocating a Soviet-era monument.

Drawing inspiration from current events and active threats, the 
simulations test officials' real-time responses to incidents, including 
social media-fueled riots, network breaches resulting in poisoned water 
supplies and derailed trains and the encryption of classified files.

"It's hard to imagine a conflict in the near future that wouldn't include 
a cyber dimension," said Chelsey Slack, deputy head of NATO's 
cyber-defense unit. "So we need to be ready to address that."

About 700 officials and experts have joined NATO's biggest cyber exercise, 
which runs through Thursday and is designed to help protect elections in the 
fictional developing nation of Tytan. Its neighbor, Stellaria, which is seeking 
regional dominance, opposes NATO's presence and is working to undermine its 
mission.

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