Norway authorities ministries focused in cyber assault

By Reuters: Twelve Norwegian authorities ministries have been hit by a cyber assault, the Norwegian authorities mentioned on Monday, the most recent assault to hit the general public sector of Europe’s largest fuel provider and NATO’s northernmost member.

“We identified a weakness in the platform of one of our suppliers. That weakness has now been shut,” Erik Hope, head of the federal government company in command of offering providers to ministries, informed a information convention.

The assault was recognized attributable to “unusual” visitors on the provider’s platform, Hope mentioned, declining to supply specifics. It was uncovered on July 12 and was being investigated by the police.

“It is too early to say who is behind this and what is the extent of the impact (of the attack),” he mentioned.

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Norway is Europe’s largest fuel provider after a drop in Russian fuel flows and Western Europe’s largest oil exporter.

The Prime Minister’s Office in addition to the overseas, defence, justice ministries weren’t affected as a result of they use a special IT platform, mentioned Hope.

Norway’s state sector has been hit by cyber assaults beforehand, together with in June 2022, when a so-called distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) assault came about, blamed on a “criminal pro-Russian group”.

NATO-member Norway shares a border with Russia within the Arctic and helps Ukraine with weapons, humanitarian assist and cash.

The variety of cyber assaults tripled between 2019 and 2021, the nation’s cyber safety company mentioned in its newest danger evaluation report in February, with the variety of critical incidents in 2022 on the similar stage as in 2021.

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