Finland Hit By Cyber Attacks

Uploaded on 2022-04-12 in GOVERNMENT-National, GOVERNMENT-Defence, FREE TO VIEW, TECHNOLOGY--Hackers

Finland has reported an attack on government websites and a suspected airspace violation by Russian aircraft just as speculation mounts that the Nordic nation will opt to apply for membership in the NATO alliance. 

The cyber attacks and an airspace breach happened on Friday  8th April while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was speaking to the Finnish Parliament. 

The official pages of the Finnish foreign and defence ministries were both knocked offline and the country’s Ministry of Defence tweeted that its website was under attack.   

A few hours later, after resolving the issue, the department clarified that the cyberattack was a denial-of-service attack, which aims to shut down a website so users are unable to access its information. The attack also affected the Finnish foreign ministry’s websites, according to the ministry’s Twitter. The ministry said it was investigating the matter and got its sites working hours later.

Before the cyber attacks, Finland announced a Russian aircraft had potentially violated the country’s airspace, according to Bloomberg. 

At the same time as the violation of Finnish airspace and the cyberattacks, Ukraine's President Zelensky was speaking to Finland regarding Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “President Zelenskyy gave a historic address to the Parliament today,” the foreign ministry tweeted. “Finland firmly supports Ukraine in its efforts to defend freedom and democracy. #StandWithUkraine.” 

Finland has been reconsidering its neutral status and is applying for NATO membership since the Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. 

Russia has previously threatened Finland and Sweden if they attempted to join the NATO alliance. “Finland and Sweden should not base their security on damaging the security of other countries and their accession to NATO can have detrimental consequences and face some military and political consequences,” Russian foreign ministry said soon after Russia attacked Ukraine.

Finland, which has the European Union’s longest border with Russia and has fought two wars with the Soviet Union has undergone an historic shift in public backing for joining NATO its neighbour’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. While opinion polls in neighbouring Sweden reflect a similar change, its ruling Social Democrats have so far remained opposed to such a move. 

Finland’s security service last month warned Russia would increase its spying and influence operations against the Nordic country. 

Euronews:     Reuters:      Bloomberg:        The Hill:       Daily Mail:       Business Alive:  

You Might Also Read: 

A Cyber Attack On NATO Could Trigger Article 5:

 

« Bank of Ireland Fined €463,000 Over Data Breaches
Impress Your Cyber Insurance Underwriters With These Essential Tips »

CyberSecurity Jobsite
Check Point
Cyrin

Real Attacks. Real Tools. Real Scenarios.
Schedule a demo

Sign Up: Cyber Security Intelligence Newsletter

Directory of Suppliers

NordLayer

NordLayer

NordLayer is an adaptive network access security solution for modern businesses — from the world’s most trusted cybersecurity brand, Nord Security. 

Resecurity

Resecurity

Resecurity is a cybersecurity company that delivers a unified platform for endpoint protection, risk management, and cyber threat intelligence.

TÜV SÜD Academy UK

TÜV SÜD Academy UK

TÜV SÜD offers expert-led cybersecurity training to help organisations safeguard their operations and data.

ManageEngine

ManageEngine

As the IT management division of Zoho Corporation, ManageEngine prioritizes flexible solutions that work for all businesses, regardless of size or budget.

Authentic8

Authentic8

Authentic8 transforms how organizations secure and control the use of the web with Silo, its patented cloud browser.

QinetiQ

QinetiQ

QinetiQ is one of the world's leading defence technology and security companies. Areas of activity include air, land, sea and space systems, weapons, robotics, C4ISR and cyber security.

Get Cyber Safe

Get Cyber Safe

Get Cyber Safe is a national public awareness campaign created to educate Canadians about Internet security and the simple steps they can take to protect themselves online.

Nordic IT Security

Nordic IT Security

Nordic IT Security is a cyber security business forum in Scandinavia bringing together the converging worlds of IT, Cyber and Information Security.

Cybersecurity Advisors Network (CyAN)

Cybersecurity Advisors Network (CyAN)

CyAN provides a not-for-profit platform that helps private and public organisations as well as governments to identify trusted advisors in the area of Cyber Security and Cyber Crime.

Standards Council of Canada (SCC)

Standards Council of Canada (SCC)

SCC leads and facilitates the development and use of national and international standards and accreditation services in Canada.

Altipeak Security

Altipeak Security

Altipeak Security provide Safewalk - a flexible and robust authentication platform through which we offer improved security to SMBs, corporates, banks, insurance companies, healthcare and more.

Anterix

Anterix

Anterix is focused on empowering the modernization of critical infrastructure and enterprise businesses by enabling private broadband connectivity.

GLIMPS

GLIMPS

GLIMPS-Malware automatically detects malware affecting standard computer systems, manufacturing systems, IOT or automotive domains.

Coralogix

Coralogix

Coralogix are rebuilding the path to observability using a real-time streaming analytics pipeline that provides monitoring, visualization, and alerting capabilities without the burden of indexing.

Polygraph

Polygraph

Polygraph monitors the activities of click fraud gangs, including how they operate, who they target, the techniques they use, and how to detect their fraud.

Prime Technology Services

Prime Technology Services

Prime Tech are a group of Red Hat, Microsoft & Cisco Certified IT Professionals with an impressive track record of consistently delivering value to our corporate clients.

Curatrix Technologies

Curatrix Technologies

Curatrix Technologies is a Managed IT Service provider based in Hampshire, UK, providing high quality and reliable Managed IT Services since 2015.

Astute Technology Management

Astute Technology Management

Astute Technology Management helps businesses take control of their technology and work with greater confidence.

Vorlon

Vorlon

Vorlon's agentless patent-pending solution facilitates risk profiling of apps, and provides AI-driven behavioral analytics with response recommendations.

CODA Intelligence

CODA Intelligence

CODA's AI-powered attack surface management platform helps you sort out the important remediations needed in order to avoid exploits on your systems.

Axiler

Axiler

Axiler’s AI-driven self-healing architecture seamlessly detect, patch, and neutralize threats in real-time, ensuring systems remain secure and ever-adaptable.