Merkel said she did not know who was behind the strike, but added that "such cyber attacks, or hybrid conflicts as they are known in Russian doctrine, are now part of daily life and we must learn to cope with them".
Merkele norādīja, ka nezina, kas stāv aiz šī uzbrukuma, taču piebilda, ka "šādi kiberuzbrukumi vai hibrīdkonflikti, kā tie tiek dēvēti Krievijas doktrīnā, tagad ir mūsu ikdienas dzīves sastāvdaļa, un mums jāmācās tikt ar tiem galā".