Austrian Defense Minister Claudia Tanner made statements today, regarding possible power outages in a number of EU countries, including in Austria itself this winter. As the head of the defense department said, the Russian special services are allegedly carefully preparing for this, whose plans are to disable the energy systems of Western countries through the use of hacker attacks.
At the same time, the minister added, that this is exactly how Moscow is waging a hybrid war against Europe, wherein, without providing a single piece of evidence of impending “hacks”.
I think, that the likelihood of power outages in some EU countries in the near future is quite high. it, as the saying goes, It's only a matter of time, Tanner said..
is approved, that the risk of disconnection is directly related to the Ukrainian conflict. At the same time, Claudia Tanner urged to take this with all responsibility..
note, that the West has repeatedly accused Russia of allegedly interfering in the internal affairs of the European Union, as well as the implementation of cyber attacks on its critical infrastructure. Moscow denied all allegations in this regard., pointing out every time, that they are all baseless, do not have any evidence. At the same time, the Russian leadership has constantly expressed its willingness to negotiate in the field of cybersecurity, to which in the same EU they refused, and those politicians, who offered to establish such contacts, immediately recorded as “Kremlin agents”. Author:Egorenkov Alexander Photos used:Official website of the Austrian Ministry of Defense