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The investigation will seek to reveal whether a state actor is behind it, writes the Police Security Service (PST) on Twitter.
Justice and Emergency Management Minister Monica Mæland (H) takes the hacker attacks against the Storting and ten municipalities seriously.
– Is seriously. They are in a crisis situation
Minister of Justice Monica Mæland (H). Photo: Ørn E. Borgen / NTB scanpix Photo: NTB scanpix
Mæland spoke about the case when he spoke at the Norwegian Armed Forces cybersecurity conference in Lillehammer, reports Dagens Næringsliv.
– We have just been informed that the Storting has been attacked and ten municipalities in the interior have been attacked. Is seriously. They are in a crisis situation. We have a pandemic and we have digital threats. Both are very serious, if we don’t say that digital threats are even more serioussaid Mæland.
PST tells NRK that one of its hypotheses is that a state actor is behind TI’s attack on the Storting.
Part of an intelligence operation against Norway
They also say that it may not be just a digital attack, but may be part of an intelligence operation against Norway.
The hack on the Storting was made public Tuesday afternoon, but was discovered last week. The Storting’s analysis shows that various amounts of data have been downloaded in relation to the theft from the email accounts of what they themselves refer to as ‘a small number of Storting representatives and employees’.
Labor, Social Democrats and Conservatives attacked
Representatives from the Storting of the Labor Party, the Socialist People’s Party and the Conservative Party confirmed Tuesday that their email addresses were among those targeted.
The director of the Storting also confirmed Tuesday that they had reported the case to the police.
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