NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has said a cyber attack on a single member state could constitute an attack on all 29 members.
The announcement effectively incorporates cyber security into Article 5 of the NATO founding treaty, a “collective defence commitment” which compels all members to come to the defence of one or more countries threatened by external powers.
“We have designated cyberspace a domain in which NATO will operate and defend itself as effectively as it does in the air, on land, and at sea,” Stoltenberg said, in an article featured in Prospect Magazine. “This means we will deter and defend against any aggression towards allies, whether it takes place in the physical world or the virtual one.”
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Source: ITPro