Collaborate Disseminate
Wind and solar power are intermittent, generating power when it’s available rather than when it’s needed, so the green energy transition will require huge amounts of energy storage. This could end up taking many forms, from conventional lithium-based “… Continue reading World’s first commercial sand battery begins energy storage in Finland
The incident also coincided with Finland openly weighing NATO membership and the Finns saying a Russian aircraft violated their airspace.
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The Finnish government has blamed a group of suspected Chinese spies for hacking into the Finnish parliament last year and accessing emails. In a statement Thursday, Finnish intelligence officials pointed the finger at APT31, a hacking group that security researchers say operates on behalf of Chinese interests. The intrusions began last fall and were revealed in December, when the speaker of the Finnish parliament described it as “hostile cyber activity” that could harm Finnish interests. The Finnish Security and Intelligence Service labeled it a state-backed operation. That statement said APT31 was responsible, but did not name China directly. Separately, Finnish police on Thursday describe the hacking as “aggravated espionage” and “message interception.” The Finnish statements are part of a pattern of increased willingness of U.S. allies in Europe to blame specific hacking groups for spying campaigns. Viktor Rantala, a Finnish scholar, said it was the first time that he could recall that […]
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An ambitious new project led by Carlo Ratti Associati (CRA) could provide Helsinki with a sustainable source of heat and double as an attractive location for Fins to escape the long harsh Nordic winter. Named Hot Heart, plans call for a series of manma… Continue reading Tropical island getaways to provide sustainable heat to Helsinki
Bombardier and Steris get caught up in a third-party data breach, Cryptopia gets hacked again and see what huge percentage of data breaches are caused by email!
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By Habiba Rashid
Finnish-based psychotherapy practice, Vastaamo, earlier came into the world’s attention back in October 2020 after it suffered a devastating attack.
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Vastaamo, the Finnish psychotherapy practice that covered up a horrific data breach which resulted in patients receiving blackmail threats, has declared itself bankrupt.
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Hackers gained access to the Finnish Parliament’s IT system in recent months in an incident that allowed them to access to some emails belonging to members of Parliament, the Finnish Central Criminal Police announced Monday. The perpetrators “have been able to obtain information either to benefit a foreign state or to harm Finland” in an apparent espionage operation, the chief inspector at the National Bureau of Investigation, Tero Muurman, said in a statement. Police did not identify any suspects. The attackers targeted multiple people in the incident, which law enforcement started investigating in autumn of 2020. The police are working with international partners to identify the attackers, Muurman said. Exactly how many lawmakers were affected remains unclear. The Speaker of Finland’s Parliament, Anu Vehviläinen, described the incident as an attack on Finland’s democracy. “We cannot accept any kind of hostile cyber activity, whether committed by a governmental or non-governmental entity,” […]
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By Deeba Ahmed
Finnish authorities were able to take down Sipulimarket with support from Polish authorities and Europol. Here’s what the marketplace illegally sold.
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Even for veterans of cybercriminal investigations, the recent extortion of a psychotherapy practice in Finland has been unusual — and disturbing. Rather than sticking only to the common tactic of trying to shake down a breached organization, the attackers who stole tens of thousands of patient records from Vastaamo also demanded ransoms from individual people. In doing so, the thieves have been leveraging some of the most sensitive medical data imaginable, and making it difficult for victims to respond collectively. “Therapeutic notes are at a different level of privacy problems,” said Mikko Hypponen, chief research officer at Finnish cybersecurity company F-Secure. “I know of a handful of cases where patients were blackmailed for their health data, but those were much smaller breaches. There’s never been a crime in Finland with so many victims as in this one.” While the incident has rocked Finland, prompting an emergency government meeting and costing Vastaamo’s CEO his job, […]
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