BRUSSELS -- Mounting digital security threats from China, Russia and elsewhere have driven the European Union to devise a Joint Cyber Unit, intended for launch by 2022, to coordinate a response to attacks anywhere in the bloc.
Joint unit planned for 2022 to plug holes in Europe's digital defenses
The cybersecurity center at Telekom Security, a unit of Deutsche Telekom: European Union members typically respond to cyberthreats individually, rather than as a bloc. © Reuters
BRUSSELS -- Mounting digital security threats from China, Russia and elsewhere have driven the European Union to devise a Joint Cyber Unit, intended for launch by 2022, to coordinate a response to attacks anywhere in the bloc.