Cyberattack on NATO could trigger collective defence clause - official


  • World
  • Tuesday, 01 Mar 2022

FILE PHOTO A NATO flag is seen at the Alliance headquarters ahead of a NATO Defence Ministers meeting in Brussels Belgium October 21 2021. REUTERSPascal Rossignol File Photo

FILE PHOTO: A NATO flag is seen at the Alliance headquarters ahead of a NATO Defence Ministers meeting, in Brussels, Belgium, October 21, 2021. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol/ File Photo

LONDON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A cyberattack on a NATO member state could trigger Article 5, its collective defence clause, a NATO official said on Monday, amid concerns that chaos in cyberspace around Russia's invasion of Ukraine could spill over into other territories.

The military alliance has for years made clear that a serious cyberattack could trigger the clause, but such a scenario has so far been largely hypothetical.

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