FOLLOW UP: CYBER ATTACK PERPETRATOR BEHIND NATO’S CRISIS DROPS THE SHADES
As of March 15th, 2025, around 16:30 UTC, the media has finally discovered after some digging that the entity that has been targeting NATO with multiple cyber attacks actually has a name, and it’s NONA, the first few letters of ‘anonymous’ but spelled backwards. The media held a press conference with the world leaders, and revealed the information to dispel NATO’s confusion and minimalism errors in resolutions. NATO now has an idea of who they are against.
NONA is an organisation with a strong ideology, anti-Western, anti-globalist, and anti-institutional, positioning itself as an entity that seeks to dismantle Western dominance through economic, political, and military destabilization. not orchestrated by a state actor, but by a highly organised group that came from various dark forums, of ideologically driven militants, rogue intelligence agents, cybercriminals and extremist operatives. They have cells operating in various regions, with possible silent backers from South Africa, Russia, and South America.
They are repeatedly targeting NATO's defense systems, putting their confidential information and systems at risk. Furthermore, the public views on the NATO organisation is plummeting. Many people are questioning the extent of NATO’s waning power, and doubting the capabilities of NATO to quench this rising threat. “What Poland, and what NATO wants to tell to the public is that we, as an organization promote peace, and if we do not know who NONA is, we will make no attack whatsoever, we will not approach in a defensive manner,” Poland said, trying to reassure the public, but in reality sparking many controversies. The public is accusing NATO of being unwilling to take action, even defensive.
Currently, dissent from countries makes it hard to reach conclusive resolutions, and progressions are relatively slow. They did come up with some solutions, and the results are still yet to be observed. One of the solutions they thought would be effective is the tracking of suspicious financial transactions and accounts.
“When we constructed the framework for this financial investigation, we did not have an exact idea of what or who the perpetrator might be,” the delegate of Luxembourg stated, defending their organization; “We laid out all the possibilities, including both state sponsored and centralised actors.” It is still quite vague how they are going to fund their solutions. Numerous countries have pointed out that “they are trying their best”, but positive results are still yet to be seen.
NONA is not just a threat to NATO and its defense systems; they are also a threat to all, compromising the safety of global citizens. If NATO can’t even handle it efficiently, how can the people?