ICT Security-Sécurité PC et Internet

Victimes d’une faille de sécurité des puces Infineon, les cartes d’identité électroniques des Estoniens sont bloquées depuis ce week-end.

« Nous sommes désolés des inconvénients causés par ce problème, mais la protection de l’intégrité de votre identité numérique doit passer avant tout. »

La faille, qui frappe les puces Infineon intégrées sur les cartes d’identité nationale, a privé plus de 760 000 citoyens d’Estonie de leurs services administratifs numériques le week-end dernier (sur une population globale d’1,3 million d’habitants).

Le gouvernement estonien s’en est excusé par voie de blog.

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Ten years on from the world’s first cyber war, Estonia has become a global cyber security superpower.

In 2007, following a disputed relocation of the Soviet-era Bronze Soldier monument, Estonia faced cyber-attacks that have been widely acknowledged as the world’s first cyber war. At the peak of these attacks, fifty-eight Estonian websites were offline at once, including those of the government, most newspapers and banks.

Prior to the incident, cyber-attacks had not been seriously considered as an imminent threat to the state or its citizens.

There was no common code of conduct or universal agreement between policy-makers. For example, it was not defined if this kind of an offence would qualify as an attack against a member state of NATO and hence activate collective defence under Article 5. It was not even clear if a state could legitimately respond to cyber-attacks.

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Estonia ranks highest in Europe and fifth in the world in cybersecurity, according to the 2017 cybersecurity index, compiled by the International Telecommunication Union.

“Estonia enhanced its cybersecurity commitment after a 2007 attack. This included the introduction of an organisational structure that can respond quickly to attacks as well as a legal act that requires all vital services to maintain a minimal level of cooperation if they are cut off from the Internet. The country also hosts the headquarters of the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence,” the report says.

In Europe, Estonia is followed by France, Norway, the UK and the Netherlands. On the global level, the leader in cybersecurity is Singapore, followed by the US, Malaysia, Oman and Estonia.

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