Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2016-03-08 00:00:00
Affected organization: Finland Foreign Ministry
Affected country: Finland
Industry: Public Administration
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server,Exploitation of End Hosts
Motive: Political-Espionage
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: Finland foreign minister Erkki Tuomioja reveals to the media that the foreign ministry computer network has been infiltrated by spies. The breach has apparently been going on for four years. Suspects are directed to Russia or China.