Members of parliament applaud following the address via video link of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (seen on screen) at the Finnish Parliament in Helsinki on April 8, 2022. (Photo by EMMI KORHONEN/Lehtikuva/AFP via Getty Images) Denial-of-service disrupts Finnish government sites during Zelenskyy speech The incident also coincided with Finland openly weighing NATO membership and the Finns saying a Russian aircraft violated their airspace. Apr 8, 2022 By Tim Starks
Environmental protesters outside of Finnish parliament in March 2019. Finnish officials have implicated a China-linked hacking group in a breach of the parliament. (VESA MOILANEN/AFP via Getty Images) Finland implicates China-linked APT31 in parliament hack It's only the latest case of alleged cyber-espionage to rock a Nordic parliament. Mar 18, 2021 By Sean Lyngaas
Parliament of Finland. (Ninara / Flickr) Finnish lawmakers’ emails hacked in suspected espionage incident Hackers have been snooping on emails, it seems. Dec 28, 2020 By Shannon Vavra
The unusual extortion of a prominent Finnish psychotherapy practices is turning heads.(Getty Images) Why the extortion of Vastaamo matters far beyond Finland — and how cyber pros are responding At issue are the obligations of health care organizations to defend their data, and victims’ ability to hold them accountable for failing to do so. Oct 29, 2020 By Sean Lyngaas
(Getty Images) Data breach at Finnish psychotherapy center takes a darker turn with extortion attempts Cybercriminals reportedly posted batches of Vastaamo's patient information on the dark web and claimed that individual people could protect their data by directly paying a ransom. Oct 26, 2020 By Joe Warminsky