And this one, I wanted to break out on its own.
Albania cut diplomatic ties with Iran and expelled the country’s embassy staff over a major cyberattack nearly two months ago that was allegedly carried out by Tehran on Albanian government websites, the prime minister said Wednesday.
The move by NATO member Albania was the first known case of a country cutting diplomatic relations over a cyberattack.
Why do we care?
This is a milestone. I’ve previously cited NATO declaring cyber as the same as physical war, and here’s the further progress along those lines. Cyber is the same as physical here and should be treated as such.
