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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.

Occurrence
2026-09-14
Publication
2026-09-14T00:00:00Z
First observed
2026-09-21T16:39:12Z
Review status
Reviewed
Countries
NO
Updated
2026-09-21T16:39:12Z

E/M/R/S scores

  • EExistence3/4
  • MIntent3/4
  • RRussian actor link1/4
  • SRussian state responsibility0/4

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

  1. Role
    primary_evidence
    Date
    2026-09-14T00:00:00Z

    VG meldte at Stortingets nettside var utilgjengelig, og at en prorussisk hackergruppe hevdet å stå bak.

  2. Role
    corroborating_evidence
    Date
    2026-09-14T00:00:00Z

    NRK meldte om problemer med Stortingets nettside og en prorussisk hackergruppes påstand om å stå bak.

  3. Role
    corroborating_evidence
    Date
    2026-09-14T00:00:00Z

    TV 2 meldte at Stortinget opplevde ustabilitet på nettsidene, mens en prorussisk hackergruppe hevdet å stå bak.