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DDoS attack disrupts Norwegian Parliament website
The Norwegian Parliament confirmed a denial-of-service attack against stortinget.no; a pro-Russian hacktivist group claimed responsibility, but that claim was not independently established.
Attribution
Not specified
Facts
Established
- NRK: assessment of deliberate or malicious character.
- NRK: assessment of whether the observable event occurred.
- Parliament worked with its provider to mitigate the attack.
- TV 2 Norway: assessment of deliberate or malicious character.
- TV 2 Norway: assessment of whether the observable event occurred.
- The Parliament website was disrupted by a denial-of-service attack.
- The public website experienced a service-denial attack.
- VG: assessment of deliberate or malicious character.
- VG: assessment of whether the observable event occurred.
Alleged
- A pro-Russian group publicly claimed the operation.
- NRK: assessment of a Russian operational actor link.
- Server Killers claimed responsibility for the attack.
- Server Killers said it carried out the attack.
- TV 2 Norway: assessment of a Russian operational actor link.
- VG: assessment of a Russian operational actor link.
Unknown
- Independent technical attribution was not published.
- NRK: assessment of Russian state responsibility.
- No state direction was established.
- TV 2 Norway: assessment of Russian state responsibility.
- The claim was not independently verified.
- VG: assessment of Russian state responsibility.
Sources
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- Role
- Primary evidence
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VG meldte at Stortingets nettside var utilgjengelig, og at en prorussisk hackergruppe hevdet å stå bak.
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- Role
- Corroborating evidence
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NRK meldte om problemer med Stortingets nettside og en prorussisk hackergruppes påstand om å stå bak.
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- Role
- Corroborating evidence
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TV 2 meldte at Stortinget opplevde ustabilitet på nettsidene, mens en prorussisk hackergruppe hevdet å stå bak.