ATO’s 76th summit, which will be held June 24-25, 2025, in The Hague, Netherlands, comes at a time as the alliance’s member countries grapple with a rapidly changing global security dynamic. Russia continues to press on with its war campaign in Ukraine despite efforts to achieve a cease fire. Deep questions remain over the U.S. military commitment to Ukraine and if the U.S. would assist Europe if a conflict surfaced as required under Article 5 of NATO’s founding treaty. Israel undertook bombing strikes against Iran on the pretence that Iran was edging close to building viable nuclear weapons, which was followed by U.S. airstrikes. Since the previous summit, the leaders of European NATO countries have shown a dramatic change in rhetoric regarding the need to take on greater responsibility for security on the European continent, particularly as it pertains to increases in defense spending and military assistance to Ukraine. With an anticipated ambitious agenda, evidence of a clear rift in transatlantic relations and the alliance’s global super power distracted with other priorities, the summit could be hampered by disruption and division. This environment is ripe for cyber threats, prompting NATO member states to be on the look out for activity that could impact critical infrastructure entities. These threats could come from ideological and politically motivated attackers, who may seek to draw attention through distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, data leaks and website defacements affecting NATO nations. This blog, which draws on Intel 471’s Cyber Geopolitical Intelligence, will outline the issues at hand at the summit, the challenges facing NATO and look at the possible cyber threats.

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