Today, the European Parliament debated cyber attacks against the media as threats to cyber security reach new heights. The attack on the French TV channel TV5 Monde on 8 April 2015 highlighted Europe’s vulnerability to high-tech cyber criminality. "Our communication infrastructure, our knowledge and our privacy are being challenged in this digital age. Free flows of online services through a better connected Digital Single Market will invariably increase the need for more security, especially more cyber security. We are already witnessing new levels of threats to cyber security", said Axel Voss MEP, the EPP Group Spokesman on the subject.

At the moment, EU lawmakers are negotiating the EU cyber security strategy and the Directive on Network and Information Security (NIS). Just a few weeks ago, the European Commission presented its new European Agenda on Security and also, separately, the Digital Single Market agenda.

Axel Voss coninued: "Cyber attacks against the media, cyber attacks against companies and private persons but also cyber attacks against airplanes are negatively affecting the lives of innocent EU citizens. Crime has reached a complete new level in terms of digitalisation. These cyber attacks are causing collateral damage as much as arms are. It is our responsibility to fight cyber attacks through implementing suitable laws and structures to better protect EU citizens and infrastructure."

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