Josef Doppelbauer: “In order to be effective at fighting cybersecurity threats, we need a European approach"

The Executive Director of the Agency, Josef Doppelbauer, was quoted in an article published in the International Railway Journal about a recent cyberattack on a subcontractor of Danish State Railways (DSB) that caused all trains to stop operating on October 29, 2022.

Josef Doppelbauer cited this cyberattack as an example of how an attack on a small supplier could have an important knock-on effect on the rest of the network, emphasising that rail is “exposed in several ways […] We currently see an evolution of the railway system and of course this will change the exposure to cyber risks. We know that in order to be effective at fighting cybersecurity threats, we need a European approach, and we also know that there is a growing interdependence of the sectors.