UN / GEORGIA CYBERATTACKS

Estonia, the United States and the United Kingdom today said that Russia’s military intelligent service, the GRU conducted cyberattacks “in attempt to sow discord and disrupt the lives of the ordinary Georgian people.” UNIFEED

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:15
• Production Date: 5 March 2020
• Asset Language: English
• Subject Topical: CYBER SECURITY
• Geographic Subject: GEORGIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION
• MAMS Id: 2538552
• Parent Id: 2538552
• Alternate Title: unifeed200305f

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STORY: UN / GEORGIA CYBERATTACKS
TRT: 1:15
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGAUGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 05 MARCH 2020, NEW YORK CITY / FILE

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1.Wide shot, exterior, United Nations Headquarters

05 MARCH 2020, NEW YORK CITY

2.Wide shot, ambassadors walking to the podium
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Sven Jürgenson, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Estonia to the United Nations:
“We are clear that Russia’s military intelligent service, the GRU conducted these cyberattacks in attempt to sow discord and disrupt the lives of the ordinary Georgian people. These cyberattacks are part of Russia’s long running campaign of hostile and destabilizing activities against Georgia and are part of a wider pattern of malign activity. These actions clearly contradict Russia’s attempts to claim it is a responsible actor in cyberspace and demonstrate a continuing pattern of reckless GRU cyber operations against a number of countries.”

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4.Close up, reporter

05 MARCH 2020, NEW YORK CITY

5. SOUNDBITE (English) Sven Jürgenson, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Estonia to the United Nations:
“Irresponsibility in cyberspace is detrimental to all of us. We together with the international community will continue our efforts to uphold an international framework of responsible state behaviour in cyberspace.”
6. Wide shot, ambassadors leaving the podium

Storyline

Estonia, the United States and the United Kingdom today said that Russia’s military intelligent service, the GRU, conducted cyberattacks “in attempt to sow discord and disrupt the lives of the ordinary Georgian people.”

In February, the Georgian Permanent Representative wrote to the Security Council regarding a large scale cyberattacks launched against the Georgian government and media website last October. Estonia, the US and the UK today (05 Mar) raised the issue to the Council.

Joined by ambassadors from the US and the UK, Estonian Ambassador Sven Jürgenson said, “these cyberattacks are part of Russia’s long running campaign of hostile and destabilizing activities against Georgia and are part of a wider pattern of malign activity.”

He continued, “these actions clearly contradict Russia’s attempts to claim it is a responsible actor in cyberspace and demonstrate a continuing pattern of reckless GRU cyber operations against a number of countries.”

The Estonia Ambassador reiterated, “Irresponsibility in cyberspace is detrimental to all of us. We together with the international community will continue our efforts to uphold an international framework of responsible state behaviour in cyberspace.”