Event 614

{
  "border_violation_countries": [
    "EE",
    "Air"
  ],
  "category": "Cyber",
  "confidence": "Low",
  "confidence_rationale": "Multiple direct quotes and attributions from both officials and industry indicate cyberattacks are the probable cause. The regularity and length of the outages are consistent with targeted cyber operations against Estonia's banking sector.",
  "countries": [
    "Estonia",
    "Unknown"
  ],
  "country": "Estonia",
  "defense_prep": {},
  "description": "Estonian banking services have increasingly experienced technical disruptions in recent months, with outages often lasting several hours. Authorities and bank representatives indicate these incidents are likely linked to ongoing cyberattacks targeting the financial sector.",
  "event_time_utc": "2024-10-21T12:00:00Z",
  "evidence": [
    "The ERR article headline and summary indicate frequent banking disruptions due to probable cyberattacks.",
    "Direct references and paraphrased statements in the article from RIA (Estonian Information System Authority), the Estonian Banking Association, and affected banks support the cyberattack attribution.",
    "The screenshot confirms the focus on banking outages, official alerts, and expectations of continued attacks."
  ],
  "evidence_quotes": [
    "In recent months, technical disruptions in banking services have become more frequent, causing services to be interrupted for several hours. The outages are likely the result of cyberattacks.",
    "Banking sector representatives admit that on certain occasions, the service interruptions have gone on for hours and are increasingly common.",
    "The Information System Authority (RIA) and the Banking Association expect these attacks to continue and are urging increased awareness and preparedness.",
    "Most Estonian banks have been hit by outages, which RIA considers to be attempts to overload services with malicious traffic.",
    "RIA has also found that in many cases, these attacks affect banking services hosted abroad."
  ],
  "extra": {
    "category_raw": "Cyberattacks",
    "extra": {
      "extra": {
        "extra": {
          "evidence": [
            "The ERR article headline and summary indicate frequent banking disruptions due to probable cyberattacks.",
            "Direct references and paraphrased statements in the article from RIA (Estonian Information System Authority), the Estonian Banking Association, and affected banks support the cyberattack attribution.",
            "The screenshot confirms the focus on banking outages, official alerts, and expectations of continued attacks."
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "follow_up_by_country": [],
  "headline": "More frequent banking service disruptions likely due to cyberattacks",
  "media_assets": [
    {
      "description": "Screenshot capture",
      "type": "screenshot",
      "url": "/media/event_614_1763932803_50bb8e67.jpg"
    }
  ],
  "notes": "??Estonia: More frequent banking service disruptions likely due to cyberattacks",
  "schema_version": "v1",
  "screenshot_count": 1,
  "sources": [
    "https://news.err.ee/1609498009/more-frequent-banking-service-disruptions-likely-due-to-cyberattacks"
  ],
  "summary_short": "Banking services across Estonia are facing more frequent disruptions, believed to be the result of cyberattacks.",
  "url": "https://news.err.ee/1609498009/more-frequent-banking-service-disruptions-likely-due-to-cyberattacks"
}

{
  "5th Column of Russians Inside (which countries)": "",
  "Attack Type": "Cyberattacks",
  "Borders Including Sea, Air,  Violation or Sabotage (which countries)": "EE Air",
  "Continuous? (e.g. Jammers)": "",
  "Country (FI;EE;LV;LT;PL;BSR;Air)\nSeparated by Semicolon": "EE;Air",
  "Date": "21-Oct-24",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "",
  "Follow-Up Link?  (FI,EE,LV,LT,PL, BSR, Air)": "",
  "Follow-Up NOTES": "",
  "Follow-Up incl. Investigation, Prosecution?  (FI,EE,LV,LT,PL, BSR, Air)": "",
  "Latitude, Longitude (WGS84, Decimal Degrees)": "",
  "NOTES": "??Estonia: More frequent banking service disruptions likely due to cyberattacks",
  "Political Disruptions w/ Laws to Favor Kremlin (which countries)": "",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "??Estonia: More frequent banking service disruptions likely due to cyberattacks",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "https://news.err.ee/1609498009/more-frequent-banking-service-disruptions-likely-due-to-cyberattacks",
  "Screen Snapshot": "",
  "Screen Snapshots": "",
  "Type Dropdown": "",
  "Where?\n(Air, Land, Sea)": ""
}