Ransomware Attack Sends Montenegro Reaching Out to NATO Partners

Montenegro is getting support from US and other allies in fending off cyberattacks against its information systems and electronic services at a time of political turmoil.

Hackers targeted websites and databases of the smallest former Yugoslav republic with the “Cuba” ransomware and a new virus named “Zero Date,” Montenegro’s Public Administration Minister Marash Dukaj said in Facebook video. Montenegro joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in 2017 after ending close ties with Russia.

Most government websites have been temporarily disabled as a precaution, he said.

FBI’s rapid-response Cyber Action Team is expected in Montenegro to help deal with ...