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EP. 151: How One Cyberattack Disrupted Norway’s Government Services
Summary
A large DDoS attack beginning at approximately 03:38 CEST on August 24 disrupted infrastructure supporting Norway’s shared government digital services. Several systems became unavailable or degraded, including the country’s common digital identity infrastructure and services used for signatures, secure communication and government data exchange.
The operational impact spread because many Norwegian public services depend on shared Digdir infrastructure. ID-porten is particularly important because it provides common authentication for numerous government services, meaning disruption at…
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