Source: Authors’ evaluations based on data collected. Blank spaces indicate no evidence was found.
Organizational Capacity and Resources
All in all, there is very little information available on any cyber troop activity in the country.
As it appears, Croatia experiences the usual surge in activity during elections and other
politically sensitive times, but no party or government agency appears to be running permanent
cyber troops. For now, the government appears to influence opinions predominantly indirectly,
by, for example, disrupting the media landscape through funding decisions.
Table 3: Cyber Troop Capacity in Croatia
Team Size
Resources
Spent Activity Levels
(USD)
Temporary
Coordination
Decentralised
Capacity
Measure
Liminal
Source: Authors’ evaluations based on data collected. Blank spaces indicate no evidence was found.
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