Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2015-01-05 00:00:00
Affected organization: OP Pohjola Group
Affected country: Finland
Industry: Finance and Insurance
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: External Denial of Service
Motive: Undetermined
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: The new year starts in a terrible way for the Finnish bank OP Pohjola Group and its customers. A DDoS attack floods OP's data communications systems and prevents customers from executing online transactions.