Security News > 2020 > October > Norway says Russian hackers were behind August Parliament attack
Norway's Minister of Foreign Affairs Ine Eriksen Søreide today said that Russia is behind the August 2020 cyber-attack on the Norwegian Parliament.
The attackers behind the cyber-attack on Norway's Parliament successfully gained access to a limited number of email accounts of representatives and employees as Stortinget director Marianne Andreassen said at the time.
The Norwegian Labor Party's communications manager Jarle Roheim Håkonsen also confirmed that Labor Party employees and politicians have been affected in the attack.
"All companies are recommended to follow the National Security Authority's recommendations on passwords and NSM's basic principles for ICT security," Søreide said.
"The data breach shows the importance of good security measures. Our increasing use of digital solutions means that the threats against us are also shifting to digital surfaces," the Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs concluded.
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