At a time like this three years ago, the Qataris and the Gulf were experiencing sudden breaches of the Qatar News Agency, which was only an introduction to the imposition of a blockade on the State of Qatar by Saudi Arabia, the Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt to this day.
With the advent of the memory of this electronic piracy, the State of Qatar reiterated that cyber attacks threaten security, peace and stability.
This came in a statement made by the representative of the State of Qatar to the United Nations, Ambassador Alia Ahmed bin Saif Al Thani during a video meeting held by the UN Security Council under the title "Cyber Stability, Conflict Prevention and Capacity Building".
"It is not an exaggeration to say that cyber attacks may threaten peace, security and stability especially when targeting sensitive digital services, we are currently witnessing in our region such a threat that came in the wake of the cyber attack that targeted an important government institution in my country," he said, referring to piracy that The Qatar News Agency targeted on May 23, 2017, as fabricated statements were attributed to the leadership of the State of Qatar.
"The gravity of that cyber crime, which was sponsored by countries, is that it happened days before the unlawful and unlawful blockade against the State of Qatar was imposed on June 5, 2017," she added.
The ambassador pointed out that the repercussions of the blockade continue to affect the security and stability of the region, undermine opportunities for cooperation and confront common challenges, and violate human rights and fundamental freedoms of thousands of people in the State of Qatar and others in the region.
She stressed the need to "consider adopting a binding international instrument to maintain information security, as well as standards, rules and principles for responsible behavior in the use of information and communication technologies in order to reduce future risks to international peace, security and stability."