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The Foreign Ministry believes that Russia is behind the computer attack on the Storting in late August.
– This is a serious incident affecting our most important democratic institution, says Chancellor Ine Eriksen Søreide.
Former intelligence chief Ola Kaldager tells Dagbladet that he doesn’t find it particularly surprising.
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– Russians are known to be good at it and have been doing it for a long time. You’ve probably found a way to ask it so that you can say with certainty that it comes from there.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will hold a press conference on the subject at 5.30 pm. Kaldager doesn’t think anything will happen in relation to the reveal.
– Norway may send a protest or similar. And the Russians will say it’s not them.
Kaldager says he acknowledges that the attack on the Storting was to obtain political information or opinions on whether there are interesting topics in the Foreign Affairs and Security Committee.
– This is how the world has become. Give a clear indication of the ability they have. If they want to destroy something in Norway, this shows that they may have the ability to do it. This is a battle, a peacetime war, a cyber war in which information technology and the like are used to harm yourself, to test what kind of firewalls we have and what kind of preparation we can stack.
Trond Hugubakken, communications director for PST, tells Dagbladet that they will not comment on the Foreign Ministry’s claim that Russia is behind the hacking on the Storting.
Hugubakken says he is familiar with the news that Russia is now being targeted. However, it is too early for PST to grant any status to its work in the case.
– We have an ongoing investigation and will conclude when it is finished, says Hugubakken.
Dagbladet follows the case and is continually updated.
