Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2022-06-29 00:00:00
Affected organization: Undetermined
Affected country: Norway
Industry: Finance and Insurance
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: External Denial of Services
Motive: Protest
Actor: Legion Cyber Spetsnaz
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Russian Federation
Description: A DDoS attack took place against public and private organizations' networks in Norway. The secure national data network was targeted forcing temporarily the suspension of online services for several hours. The website of the country's largest electronic banking identification system as well as Norway's largest newspaper were affected.