Ahead of the Council of Europe summit, which begins on Tuesday, there has been a surge in attempted cyber attacks against Icelandic infrastructure.
Euractiv writes about it.
CERT-IS, Iceland's cyber security team, has reported an unusually high number of computer attacks on Icelandic companies and institutions ahead of the Council of Europe summit in Reykjavik on Tuesday and Wednesday.
The goal of these attacks is not necessarily to steal data or destroy the system, but rather to put enormous pressure on the systems, leading to a temporary collapse, said Gugmundur Arnar Sigmundsson, director of CERT-IS.
Gudmundur suggested that these attacks were probably carried out by groups sympathetic to Russia, and their main goal was to sow chaos.
"This is a typical picture observed during such international meetings. Before the event, attempts are made to hack the systems, and as soon as the meetings begin, the attacks intensify," he explained.
Iceland, which chairs the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, will organize a summit of heads of state and government that will gather 46 member states on May 16-17 in Reykjavik.
This is the 4th summit of the Council of Europe since its creation in 1949.
The summit will be dedicated to the core values of the Council of Europe and support to Ukraine through specific measures aimed at achieving justice for the victims of Russian aggression.