Puolustusministeriö - Försvarsministeriet - Ministry of Defence of Finland

Puolustusministeriö - Försvarsministeriet - Ministry of Defence of Finland

The website of Ministry of Defense of Finland suffered a cyber attacks at the time Ukraininan President was speaking to the Finnish Parliament.

The cyberattack was a denial-of-service attack, which aims to shut down a website so users are unable to access its information and the attack also affected the Finnish foreign ministry’s website.

The websites were soon restored, but the attack was considered a consequence of Finland reconsidering its stance on NATO membership amid Ukraine-Russia war.

Source: https://thehill.com/policy/international/3262439-finland-hit-by-cyber-attack-airspace-breach/

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/finnish-ministry-of-defence

"id": "puo0317522",
"linkid": "finnish-ministry-of-defence",
"type": "Cyber Attack",
"date": "04/2022",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "9",
"explanation": "Attack that could bring to a war"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Defense',
                        'location': 'Finland',
                        'name': 'Ministry of Defense of Finland',
                        'type': 'Government'},
                       {'industry': 'Foreign Affairs',
                        'location': 'Finland',
                        'name': 'Finnish foreign ministry',
                        'type': 'Government'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Denial-of-Service',
 'description': 'The website of the Ministry of Defense of Finland suffered a '
                "denial-of-service attack during Ukrainian President's speech "
                'to the Finnish Parliament. The attack also affected the '
                'Finnish foreign ministry’s website. The websites were soon '
                'restored, but the attack was considered a consequence of '
                'Finland reconsidering its stance on NATO membership amid '
                'Ukraine-Russia war.',
 'impact': {'downtime': 'Minimal',
            'systems_affected': ['Ministry of Defense of Finland website',
                                 'Finnish foreign ministry’s website']},
 'motivation': 'Political',
 'title': 'Denial-of-Service Attack on Finnish Government Websites',
 'type': 'Denial-of-Service (DoS) Attack'}
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