Event 012b66ef-1312-4370-a616-b4973871af74

Approved event from Hybrid War Tracker

Status: Approved Confidence: Low Category: Cyber Country: Estonia

Source: https://news.err.ee/1609654625/estonia-s-public-sector-insti...

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Event Time

9mo ago

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Created

1mo ago

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Updated

1mo ago

Summary

Headline: Estonia's public sector institutions hit by cyberattacks with minimal impact

Short Summary: Ten cyberattacks targeted Estonian public sector institutions, with no major disruption.

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.

Evidence

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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.'

Related URLs

https://news.err.ee/1609654625/estonia-s-public-sector-institutions-hit-by-cyberattacks-with-minimal-impact

Source

https://news.err.ee/1609654625/estonia-s-public-sector-institutions-hit-by-cyberattacks-with-minimal-impact

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