The Finnish parliament’s website was the target of a computer attack last Tuesday that posted false information to the platform shortly before Finland’s official entry into NATO, the group that carried out the attack said.
On the day Finland becomes the 31st member of NATO, the computer hacker group NoName057, known as pro-Russian, launched an attack on the website of the Finnish parliament on the Internet, deactivating functions and publishing false information.
The group claimed the attack, saying it was in retaliation for Finland joining NATO.
The attack made browsing the page difficult for a few hours, in what was yet another initiative by the group that has already been linked to several cyber-attacks against the US and other Western allied countries.
Antti Kaikkonen, Finland’s defense minister, said Finland is ready to help countries in trouble and counts on NATO’s help if the country’s security is at stake.
Media, leaders and political commentators agreed on the historic nature of the day for the country that shares a long border with Russia.
Aki Luhtanen, a citizen who visited the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to watch the NATO flag being flown next to the Finnish national flag, stressed the importance of belonging to the organization at a time when “it is necessary to to be aware of and to be afraid of Russia”. many Finns thought.
The accession will be celebrated in Brussels next Tuesday, on the 74th anniversary of the signature of the organisation’s founding treaty.
Source: DN
