Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2020-08-31 00:00:00
Affected organization: Norwegian Parliament
Affected country: Norway
Industry: Public Administration
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Undetermined
Actor: GRU 85th Main Special Service Center (Unit 26165) (FANCYBEAR)
Actor type: Nation-State
Actor country: Russian Federation
Description: The Norwegian Parliament (Stortinget) has become the latest cyberattack victim, according to a statement released by administrative director Marianne Andreassen which states that the attackers targeted the Stortinget internal email systems. Norway has accused Russia of the hack.