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andlearnfromeachother.”13Stoltenbergemphasizingthenecessitytobuild
capabilitiesinordertostrengthenthesecurityincyberspacealsoprovedthat
fulfillingthegoalssetinarticle3ofNATOtreatyarestillasimportantasrules
ofarticle5ifnotmore.
Cyberunitsasaresponsetocyberwarfare
Cyberspacemightbethenewareaofwar,i.e.inSeptember2014therewere
numerousreportsclaimingthatjihadiactivistsoftheMiddleEast,including
leadersfromDAESHandalQaeda,wereworkingonconductingcyberterror
attacksagainstWesterncountries.Theirmaintargetsweregovernmentservers
andobjectsofcriticalinfrastructure.DAESHaimedatestablishingsocalled
“cybercaliphate”“intendingtomountcatastrophichackingandvirusattackson
AmericaandtheWest.”“(...)..theterrorgroupsaretryingtoaddtotheirnumbers
toboosttheircapabilities,usingsocialmediatoreachalargerpoolofpotential
recruitsandcallingonmilitant-mindedspecialiststojointhem.Thetargetsare
thewebsitesofUSgovernmentagencies,banks,energycompaniesandtransport
systems.IslamicState’seffortsarespearheadedbyaBritishhackerknownasAbu
HussainalBritani,whoserealnameisJunaidHussein.Hefledhishometown
ofBirminghamforSyriaayearagotojointhegroupandUSintelligencesources
sayheisoneofseveralkeyrecruiters.AlBritanionceledagroupofteenage
BritishhackerscalledTeamPoison,andnowactivelycallsforcomputer-literate
jihadiststocometoSyriaandIraq.”14
BothIranandNorthKoreaareextensivelyinvestingindevelopmentofcyber-
warfarecapabilities.Withintheirarmiesonecanfindverysophisticatedcyber
unitsofdefensiveandoffensivenature.IsraeliestimatethatIranianbecameone
ofthekeyplayersintheinternationalcyberwarfaretheater,thankstomanymajor
qualitativeandquantitativeinvestmentsinthefield.TheIsraelireportattributes
toIrannumerouscyberattackattempts.Itanalysescyberattacksconductedby
Iran,includingalarge-scaleattackonthewebsitesofmajorbanksandfinan-
13
PressconferencebyNATOSecretaryGeneralJensStoltenbergaheadofthemeetingofNATO
DefenceMinisters,http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/opinions_145415.htm,28.06.2017[accessed
01.07.2017].
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Digitaljihadisisalqaedaseekcybercaliphatetolaunchattacksonus,http://www.foxnews.
com/world/2014/09/14/digital-jihad-isis-al-qaeda-seek-cyber-caliphate-to-launch-attacks-on-us/
[accessed01.07.2017].
