The EU adopted a mechanism to impose sanctions on individuals and legal entities for cyber attacks, the EU Council said in a statement on Friday.
The EU Council has established a framework allowing to impose targeted restrictive measures to deter and respond to cyber attacks which present an external threat to the European Union or its member states, the statement reads.
Sanctions may be imposed on both companies and individuals. Those found responsible for cyber attacks will be included in black lists and banned from entering the EU, their bank accounts in the EU wil be blocked, and European businesses won’t be allowed to have any contacts with them, the Council’s statement says.