Security News > 2022 > April > Finnish govt websites knocked down as Ukraine President addresses MPs

Cyberattacks took down Finnish government websites on Friday while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed Finland's members of parliament.

Denial-of-service attacks hit Finland's ministries of Defense and Foreign Affairs' websites around noon local time.

The aggressive cyber and airspace violations come as Finland, which shares an 830-mile border with Russia, is expected to submit an application to join NATO. Finland has traditionally been neutral, while maintaining mandatory national military service for men, but has been moving closer to NATO - particularly in recent months.

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg on Friday told CNBC that the alliance would "Warmly welcome" Finland into the fold should it proceed.

Russia has a lot of experience with strategic mistakes in Finland, not to mention the ongoing situation in Ukraine.

To be clear: Finland has not blamed Russia for taking the websites offline during Zelenskyy's address to its Parliament.

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