The head of the Belgian Cybersecurity Centre, de Bruycker, acknowledged the backwardness of the internet in the EU.
Europe has fallen too far behind the United States in developing digital infrastructure, to the point where it can literally be said that it is losing the internet. This was stated by Miguel de Bruycker, head of the Belgian Cybersecurity Centre, in a comment to the Financial Times.
He noted that the primary issue is sovereignty in artificial intelligence and cloud technologies, as these will ensure the resilience of European countries against cyberattacks. De Bruycker perceives the dependence of Europe’s cybersecurity on private companies, most of which are American, as a lesser problem.
"If I want my information to be stored 100 percent in the EU… that’s just a dream; you are setting yourself an unrealistic goal," the official emphasized.
According to him, there are often calls in European countries to strengthen technological sovereignty, but these do not go beyond words. To begin with, he believes, Europe must clearly define what digital sovereignty actually means in order to move in that direction. Instead, authorities are currently limited to attempts to stop American players.
The head of the Belgian Cybersecurity Centre reminded that every day, at least 20 organizations are subjected to hacker attacks, with most of them being perpetrated by criminals linked to Russia. He is convinced that more often than not, it is not about data theft, but about deliberately disrupting the operation of a website or service.
In August, The New York Times (NYT), citing sources informed about the hack, reported that American investigators found evidence of Russia's involvement in a hacker attack on the databases of the computer system that manages documents of the Federal Court, including confidential records.
