Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 30 March 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

Cybersecurity and Hybrid Threats Following the Russian Invasion of Ukraine: Discussion

Mr. Pat Larkin:

There have to be consequences. It is clear that some of the groups that have perpetrated ransomware and are of interest here in Ireland, without prejudicing anything, have strong nation-state affiliation. There have to be consequences for that. We have danced around it. President Biden set red lines, where if one of 16 sectors was attacked, the USA would launch a counterstrike. I am not saying it will stay this way, but it is telling that cyberwarfare has not broken out as a result of what is happening in Ukraine. I suspect that is because there is a point at which people do not want to cross a red line.

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