'The European Union needs to use its strength,' says MEP Riho Terras on European cybersecurity

Riho Terras speaks to Euronews on the recent cyberattacks affecting multiple supermarkets across Europe. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT He points to the business owners as part responsible for the cyberattacks occurring - given the lack of financing from shopowners and "not enough upgrades" to their computer systems on cyber resilience. He also highlights increasing vulnerability given Internet of Things (IoT) devices - such as network-connected lights, freezers, and other white goods - are "normally... not protected properly." He dismisses the claim that airports and transport networks are vulnerable to hostile actors, given their "need to be disconnected from the internet," and safeguarding of critical infrastructure with the EU's Network and Information Security Act. Terras believes that we need to "attribute these attacks to state actors," and then "use our package of tools", such as sanctions or diplomacy in order to deal with such threats. In short: "the European Union needs to use its strength," for its own self-defence in digital infrastructure. In recent weeks, multiple European companies have been hit with cyberattacks which have disabled freezers in shops, and blood banks in France. France has recently linked the case to Iran's Revolutionary Guard.