The President of the Central Election Commission, Suad Arnautovic, said during a visit to N1 that the CEC was exposed to cyber attacks and that he would consider the situation on Monday.
“Today we received information about cyber attacks on the info system of the Central Election Commission. Very credible information and we will have a course on Monday where we will review, review, adopt measures, etc.,” Arnautovic said.
When asked where these attacks could come from, Arnautovic did not want to answer and added that they would leave him some time until Monday.
“The IT service assures us that we are on a constant border to break our system due to lack of funds and equipment that should help us stop cyber attacks,” the CEC president said, Klix.ba writes.
On May 18th, NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoana warned that Russia could try to attack the critical digital infrastructure of Georgia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, as it did when it attacked Ukraine.
Geoana said yesterday that Georgia and Bosnia and Herzegovina could soon become targets for Russia. He specified that the attack could be e.g. in the form of a major cyber attack.
He added that NATO is stepping up its support for the two countries to strengthen its defense capabilities, including those against cyber warfare.
As Geoana explained, Ukraine has proven “how important strengthening NATO-assisted cybersecurity is for defense and deterrence,” and has gone so far as to call it a “NATO priority.”
He pointed to large-scale cyber attacks on the Ukrainian government and military, as well as other critical infrastructure on the day of the Russian invasion, concluding that cyber attacks, along with disinformation and digital espionage, were part of a new type of warfare.
It should be reminded that Russia started the invasion of Ukraine on February 24, which changed the security situation in Europe, united the allies and pointed out the need to strengthen the common security umbrella of Europe.
Bosnia and Herzegovina, along with Georgia, is often mentioned as a particularly vulnerable point, a place where Moscow could try to pursue its interests through puppet local politicians, Klix.ba writes.
