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Why would the EU do this its a massive overreach and I say this as a remainer.

Because in this case it's a European company being hacked (Ericsson).

It's a Swedish company.

Sweden is in the European Union.

Sure, but the bodies that would attempt to push back against this form of attack sit within the nation-state, not the EU.

The EU doesn't really have a military capability of its own, let alone a "cyberwarfare" one. There's no "overreach" going on.

Not all offensive cyber is military, although there's certainly ambition within the EU there. That aside, the EU didn't have a Cybersecurity Agency with legal powers to prevent and respond to cyber threats yesterday.

Coincidentally, it does today.

Baby steps I'm sure and with the imminent potential withdrawal of a 5 eyes member it isn't unsurprising. So this picture looks to be changing in the future.

https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/TA-8-2019-0151...

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