EU can’t be ‘naive’ about enemies shutting down critical infrastructure, warns tech official

At the Munich Cyber Security Conference, EU Commission Executive Vice President Henna Virkkunen warned that cyberattacks are central to modern conflict and urged tougher EU rules, greater investment, and reduced reliance on high‑risk ICT suppliers via a revision of the Cybersecurity Act. She highlighted risks to power grids, hospitals, finance, satellites, and military networks, alongside new EU efforts on drone and undersea cable security, and called for stronger European cyber capabilities leveraging advanced computing and AI. The piece also notes U.S. outreach encouraging transatlantic coordination and framing U.S. technology as safer than Chinese offerings. Overall, the focus is on bolstering resilience to hybrid threats rather than detailing a specific cybersecurity incident.