Council Regulation (EU) 2019/796Show full title

Council Regulation (EU) 2019/796 of 17 May 2019 concerning restrictive measures against cyber-attacks threatening the Union or its Member States

Article 2

The factors determining whether a cyber-attack has a significant effect as referred to in Article 1(1) include any of the following:

(a)

the scope, scale, impact or severity of disruption caused, including to economic and societal activities, essential services, critical State functions, public order or public safety;

(b)

the number of natural or legal persons, entities or bodies affected;

(c)

the number of Member States concerned;

(d)

the amount of economic loss caused, such as through large-scale theft of funds, economic resources or intellectual property;

(e)

the economic benefit gained by the perpetrator, for himself or for others;

(f)

the amount or nature of data stolen or the scale of data breaches; or

(g)

the nature of commercially sensitive data accessed.