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Helsinki suffers data breach after hackers exploit unpatched flaw

The City of Helsinki is investigating a data breach in its education division, which it discovered in late April 2024, impacting tens of thousands of students, guardians, and personnel.
- Bill Toulas
- May 13, 2024
- 11:17 AM
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Finland warns of Android malware attacks breaching bank accounts

Finland's Transport and Communications Agency (Traficom) has issued a warning about an ongoing Android malware campaign targeting banking accounts.
- Bill Toulas
- May 05, 2024
- 10:19 AM
- 0
Finland confirms APT31 hackers behind 2021 parliament breach

The Finnish Police confirmed on Tuesday that the APT31 hacking group linked to the Chinese Ministry of State Security (MSS) was behind a breach of the country's parliament disclosed in March 2021.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- March 26, 2024
- 05:23 PM
- 0
New IDAT loader version uses steganography to push Remcos RAT

A hacking group tracked as 'UAC-0184' was observed utilizing steganographic image files to deliver the Remcos remote access trojan (RAT) onto the systems of a Ukrainian entity operating in Finland.
- Bill Toulas
- February 26, 2024
- 05:57 PM
- 0
Vastaamo hacker traced via ‘untraceable’ Monero transactions, police says

Julius Aleksanteri Kivimäki, the suspect believed to be behind an attack against one of Finland's largest psychotherapy clinics, Vastaamo, was allegedly identified by tracing what has been believed to be untraceable Monero transactions.
- Bill Toulas
- January 30, 2024
- 02:44 PM
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Tietoevry ransomware attack causes outages for Swedish firms, cities

Finnish IT services and enterprise cloud hosting provider Tietoevry has suffered an Akira ransomware attack impacting cloud hosting customers in one of its data centers in Sweden.
- Lawrence Abrams
- January 21, 2024
- 03:13 PM
- 0
Finland warns of Akira ransomware wiping NAS and tape backup devices

The Finish National Cybersecurity Center (NCSC-FI) is informing of increased Akira ransomware activity in December, targeting companies in the country and wiping backups.
- Bill Toulas
- January 11, 2024
- 10:01 AM
- 0
FluBot Android malware targets Finland in new SMS campaigns

Finland's National Cyber Security Center (NCSC-FI) has issued a warning about the FluBot Android malware infections increasing due to a new campaign that relies on SMS and MMS for distribution.
- Bill Toulas
- May 10, 2022
- 01:19 PM
- 0
Finnish govt agency warns of unusual aircraft GPS interference

Finland's Transport and Communications Agency, Traficom, has issued a public announcement informing of an unusual spike in GPS interference near the country's eastern border.
- Bill Toulas
- March 11, 2022
- 10:55 AM
- 3
Finnish diplomats’ phones infected with NSO Group Pegasus spyware

Finland's Ministry for Foreign Affairs says devices of Finnish diplomats have been hacked and infected with NSO Group's Pegasus spyware in a cyber-espionage campaign.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- January 28, 2022
- 08:26 AM
- 0
Finland warns of Facebook accounts hijacked via Messenger phishing

Finland's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-FI) warns of an ongoing phishing campaign attempting to hijack Facebook accounts by impersonating victims' friends in Facebook Messenger chats.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- January 28, 2022
- 07:52 AM
- 0
Finland warns of Flubot malware heavily targeting Android users

Finland's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-FI) has issued a "severe alert" to warn of a massive campaign targeting the country's Android users with Flubot banking malware pushed via text messages sent from compromised devices.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- November 30, 2021
- 03:06 PM
- 0
Chinese nation state hackers linked to Finnish Parliament hack

Chinese nation-state hackers have been linked to an attack on the Parliament of Finland that took place last year and led to the compromise of some parliament email accounts.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- March 18, 2021
- 09:10 AM
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Finnish IT services giant TietoEVRY discloses ransomware attack

Finnish IT services giant TietoEVRY has suffered a ransomware attack that forced them to disconnect clients' services.
- Lawrence Abrams
- February 23, 2021
- 02:22 PM
- 0
Finnish Parliament attackers hack lawmakers’ email accounts

The email accounts of multiple members of parliament (MPs) were compromised following a cyberattack as revealed today by the Parliament of Finland.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- December 28, 2020
- 01:46 PM
- 0
Cyber-Attacks on Finland Intensified Before the Trump-Putin Summit

Prior to the Trump-Putin summit that took place on July 16 in Helsinki, Finland, cyber-attacks on the host country saw an uncharacteristic spike of activity.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- July 24, 2018
- 07:36 AM
- 0
DDoS Attacks Bring Down Heating System for Two Buildings in Small Finnish Town

Residents of two building in Lappeenranta, Finland spent a few days in the cold over the past few days as DDoS attacks aimed at a service provider indirectly affected the smart building heating system installed at their residential complex.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- November 08, 2016
- 01:00 PM
- 0