BREAKING NEWS: NATO LEADERS SHOCKED BY NONA ATTACK

On March 15th 2025, around 16:30, the media discovered the source of the NATO cyber attacks: NONA. 

According to the Media report, NONA is a non-state actor network composed of ideologically driven militants, rogue intelligence agents, cybercriminals, and extremist operatives. The group’s leadership is decentralized, meaning that the group operates in a plethora of regions throughout Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. Their aim is to destabilize Western alliances, discredit NATO, and shift public opinion against NATO. They employ hybrid warfare tactics that include but are not limited to: coordinated cyber attacks against NATO’s command structures, misinformation campaigns, and ex-special forces and intelligence operatives.   

The media was the one to break the news to NATO members. The announcement was promptly followed by a press conference where the leaders of the member states were called upon to answer the media’s questions. 

When asked how they let a cyber attack of this magnitude happen, the representative of Germany (on behalf of all member states) stated that “There is one simple reason. We focused on who did it rather than actually preventing the next attack.”

The representative of Canada attempted to shift the blame away from the member states, stating that “The problem that was caused here was a result of the problems with NATO high command not with the leaders representing the countries”.

The representative of Spain claimed that the main issue was that “We did not know who we were facing off against. We were not sure whether it was a state or a non-state actor.” 

The leaders claimed that now that they know the nature of the actor that has attacked the military alliance, there are measures that can be taken to find the source, including periods of surveillance to aid the identification of the targets, similar to other anti-terrorist operations that have been conducted in the past.

When asked whether the threats of President Trump to pull funding from NATO, presented an opportunity for groups like NONA to attacked a seemingly weakened military alliance, the representative of Spain stated that “Blame is not to solely be put on Mr. Trump’s foreign policy, even though that is definitely a part of the cause.” 

Finally, there was concern as to whether the leakage was caused by someone from the inside, a member state. When asked on whether this is a realistic possibility, the representative of Spain expressed concern, particularly regarding Hungary and Turkey, who have alleged connections to Russia, whereas the delegate of Canada characterized those concerns “overly suspicious”.