Event 819

{
  "border_violation_countries": [
    "EE",
    "Air"
  ],
  "category": "Cyber",
  "confidence": "Low",
  "confidence_rationale": "Event is covered by ERR, includes direct attribution to CERT Estonia and the Information System Authority. No contradictory information visible.",
  "country": "Estonia",
  "defense_prep": {},
  "description": "Overnight into Friday, ten cyberattacks targeted Estonian public sector institutions. According to CERT Estonia, while this volume was higher than usual, the overall impact was minimal and services remained operational.",
  "event_time_utc": "2025-04-04T12:00:00Z",
  "evidence": [
    "ERR report confirms ten cyberattacks on public sector institutions in Estonia overnight into Friday.",
    "CERT Estonia stated the attacks were above average volume but had minimal or no visible impact.",
    "No critical government services were taken offline."
  ],
  "evidence_quotes": [
    "Overnight into Friday, public sector institutions in Estonia were hit by ten cyberattacks.",
    "While this is more than usual, according to Veikko Raasuke, chief of CERT Estonia (CERT-EE) at the Information System Authority (RIA), it was nonetheless nothing out of the ordinary.",
    "RIA: 'Despite the increased activity, there was no visible effect on the availability of public services.'"
  ],
  "evidence_urls": [
    "https://news.err.ee/1609654625/estonia-s-public-sector-institutions-hit-by-cyberattacks-with-minimal-impact"
  ],
  "extra": {
    "category_raw": "Cyber Attack",
    "extra": {
      "extra": {
        "extra": {
          "evidence": [
            "ERR report confirms ten cyberattacks on public sector institutions in Estonia overnight into Friday.",
            "CERT Estonia stated the attacks were above average volume but had minimal or no visible impact.",
            "No critical government services were taken offline."
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "follow_up_by_country": [],
  "headline": "Estonia's public sector institutions hit by cyberattacks with minimal impact",
  "media_assets": [
    {
      "description": "Screenshot capture",
      "type": "screenshot",
      "url": "/media/event_819_1763939539_6a7c1371.jpg"
    }
  ],
  "notes": "??Estonia experienced cyberattacks targeting its public institutions, reportedly with minimal operational disruption.",
  "schema_version": "v1",
  "screenshot_count": 1,
  "sources": [
    "https://news.err.ee/1609654625/estonia-s-public-sector-institutions-hit-by-cyberattacks-with-minimal-impact"
  ],
  "summary_short": "Ten cyberattacks targeted Estonian public sector institutions, with no major disruption.",
  "url": "https://news.err.ee/1609654625/estonia-s-public-sector-institutions-hit-by-cyberattacks-with-minimal-impact"
}

{
  "5th Column of Russians Inside (which countries)": "",
  "Attack Type": "Cyber Attack",
  "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",
  "Date": "4-Apr-25",
  "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 experienced cyberattacks targeting its public institutions, reportedly with minimal operational disruption.",
  "Political Disruptions w/ Laws to Favor Kremlin (which countries)": "",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "Cyberattack on ??Estonia's public sector",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "https://news.err.ee/1609654625/estonia-s-public-sector-institutions-hit-by-cyberattacks-with-minimal-impact",
  "Screen Snapshot": "",
  "Screen Snapshots": "",
  "Type Dropdown": "",
  "Where?\n(Air, Land, Sea)": ""
}