Description: German, Austrian and Belgian internal security forces and police have warned against the emergence of a newly – formed propaganda website that incentivizes terrorist attacks on European soil. The website pertaining to the terrorist organization Islamic State contained videos and written material that incentivized attacks from so called lone wolf individuals who rapidly radicalized and conducted attacks on civilian targets. Security authorities from the three countries also stated that recently, terrorist plots were thwarted routinely as the level of such threats has significantly risen in the past couple of years.
Impact: Mounting threats from Russian hybrid attacks and the general state of discoordination between European countries on policy, defense and economy makes terrorist attack threats highly probable. Recent examples from lone wolf attacks in Germany and Austria largely showcased significant malpractices and operational omissions in security operations which could be considerably exploited by terrorist organizations in targeting of civilian population and critical infrastructure. Inter – agency security cooperation between countries should be substantially enlarged as terrorist attacks are currently on the uprise, which additionally endangers the threat level on the European continent.