The member countries include European countries, the US and Canada.
According to Article 5 of the founding treaty of NATO, “a collective defence commitment” could be made under the above circumstances. The article hasn’t been provoked since the 9/11 attack.
Per sources, “Cyber-space” has been designated as a domain which shall be defended and operated effectively like land, sea and air.
NATO hasn’t made such claims for the first time. The “Wannacry ransomware” attack which had wreaked havoc in the UK and NHS didn’t get the support of the Article 5.
There is no doubting the fact that considering an attack on one country as an attack on other countries too will be a herculean task when it comes to implementation.
The aspects and dimensions of an attack when it comes to cyber-crime and cyber-space are way different and abstract as compared to other forms of war.
Countries like Russia and Ukraine have been a part of such debates for quite some time now and there is no resolving and finding out the actual dimensions of an “attack”.
