Estonia sees Russia as biggest cyber threat at it assumes EU presidency

Estonia's leading cybersecurity officials view Russia as the biggest threat to the country's data security as it prepares to assume the European Union presidency, amid growing global concerns about Russia's cyber influence.

“Information warfare will be the biggest fear” in the coming year as Estonia assumes the EU presidency for the remainder of 2017, with Russia topping the list of nation-state aggressors, said Taimar Peterkop, director general of Estonia's Information System Authority.

Peterkop and other Estonia cyber officials spoke at...