“We stand in solidarity with Albania following the recent cyber attack on its national information infrastructure,” NATO allies said.

“We strongly condemn such malicious cyber activities designed to destabilise and harm the security of an Ally, and disrupt the daily lives of citizens.”

The alliance pledged to “support Albania in strengthening its cyber defence capabilities to withstand and repel such malicious cyber activities in the future.”

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama on Wednesday accused Iran of directing a cyberattack against Albanian institutions on July 15 in a bid to “paralyze public services and hack data and electronic communications from the government systems.”