The 19th of July: Divided or United in Cyberspace? From the EU and NATO to Five Eyes and Japan
Author(s): Stefan Soesanto
Publisher(s): Elcano Royal Institute
Publication Year: 2021
The coordinated public attribution campaign by the EU, NATO, Five Eyes and Japan on 19 July 2021 has been portrayed as a largely coherent effort of like-minded countries confronting China’s malicious cyber activities. Based on the public information available as of the time of writing, this Elcano Royal Institute working paper by CSS' Stefan Soesanto shows, this was the case neither in substance nor in form and aims to disentangle and explain what occurred on 19 July.