Oana Popescu-Zamfir
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“piece of cake for Russia to carry out, but they're also not rocket science,”
Oana Popescu-Zamfir · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-09
Popescu-Zamfir said the attacks are not easy for Russia to carry out but are also not highly complex.
“preparing for something that we have known would be coming.”
Oana Popescu-Zamfir · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-09
Popescu-Zamfir said the recent incidents showed Europe had lagged in preparing for anticipated hybrid threats.
“the damage that can be done is huge”
Oana Popescu-Zamfir · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-09
Popescu-Zamfir told CNBC that targeted attacks on internet-connected systems could cause huge damage, citing potential disruption of blood reserves.
“We've been slow in adjusting to a new reality,”
Oana Popescu-Zamfir · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-09
Popescu-Zamfir said Europe has been slow in adjusting to a new security reality.
“We still tend to conceptually divide between peace and wartime, and that is no longer the case because we're not at war, but we're also not in peace time.”
Oana Popescu-Zamfir · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-09
Popescu-Zamfir said Europe no longer fits neatly into peace or wartime categories.
“can do tremendous damage in concrete terms and in terms of the psychological impact on our societies and the feeling that we are unprotected.”
Oana Popescu-Zamfir · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-09
Popescu-Zamfir said such attacks can do tremendous concrete and psychological damage to societies.