Event 2e8b8e27-dbe2-4497-9619-98dd9a452691

Approved event from Hybrid War Tracker

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

Source: https://news.err.ee/1609498009/more-frequent-banking-service...

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Event Time

1y ago

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Created

1mo ago

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Updated

1mo ago

Summary

Headline: More frequent banking service disruptions likely due to cyberattacks

Short Summary: Banking services across Estonia are facing more frequent disruptions, believed to be the result of cyberattacks.

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.

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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.

Source

https://news.err.ee/1609498009/more-frequent-banking-service-disruptions-likely-due-to-cyberattacks