Donors raise €200 million over past year to ensure Ukraine's resilience in cyberspace

The member countries of the Tallinn Mechanism, which aims to help Ukraine counter malicious attacks in cyberspace, have accumulated €200 million over the past year.

Source: a statement by the Tallinn Mechanism, as reported by European Pravda

Details: Recent attacks on Ukrainian state registries underscored the importance of comprehensive and timely support for Ukraine's digital infrastructure.

A year ago, partners publicly announced the establishment of the Tallinn Mechanism to jointly coordinate and facilitate support for Ukraine related to civilian cybersecurity. Canada, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, Ukraine, the United Kingdom and the United States are the members of the Mechanism. The European Union and NATO have supported the mechanism and have been observers since its inception.

The Tallinn Mechanism leverages world-class cyber and digital expertise from both the private and public sectors to protect critical national infrastructure and vital services by enhancing Ukraine's cyber defence capabilities, enabling them to detect and neutralise malware directed against them.

Quote: "Since establishment, the Tallinn Mechanism has accumulated over €200 million in foreign assistance that strengthens Ukraine’s ability to address Russia's malicious behaviour in cyberspace and will continue to seek new avenues for supporting Ukraine for as long as it takes."

More details: By participating, the Tallinn Mechanism sends a clear message: Ukraine has the full support of like-minded countries and partner countries that will continue to help Ukraine protect its civilian critical infrastructure from Russian malicious cyber activity.

Background:

• The day before, Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsakhkna condemned a large-scale cyberattack on Ukraine's state registers.
• Ukraine has suffered the largest cyberattack on state registers in recent times. Russian hackers carried out the attack, which resulted in key systems of the Ministry of Justice being temporarily suspended. The hackers said they had destroyed all the data they had accessed, including backups on servers in Poland. The state registers will be restored in two weeks.

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