Finnish govt websites knocked down as Ukraine President addresses MPs
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- News link: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2022/04/09/dos_attacks_finland_russia/
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Denial-of-service (DoS) [1]attacks hit Finland's ministries of Defense and Foreign Affairs' websites around noon local time. About an hour later, both government agencies [2]tweeted that the websites were back up and running.
The Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs also [3]expressed its support for Ukraine following Zelenskyy address:
Finland firmly supports Ukraine in its efforts to defend freedom and democracy. #StandWithUkraine
Earlier that morning, before the cyberattacks, a Russian passenger jet was suspected of violating [4]Finnish airspace . The apparent incursion by the IL-96-300 aircraft occurred off the coast of the Gulf of Finland near the city of Porvoo and lasted about three minutes, according to the Ministry of Defense.
The aggressive cyber and airspace violations come as Finland, which shares an 830-mile border with Russia, is expected to submit an application to join NATO. Finland has traditionally been neutral, while maintaining mandatory national military service for men, but has been moving closer to NATO - particularly in recent months.
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NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg on Friday [6]told CNBC that the alliance would "warmly welcome" Finland into the fold should it proceed.
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Russia, however, has strongly opposed the proposal, and a Russian lawmaker this week warned that joining NATO would be a "strategic mistake" for the Nordic nation. Then again, Russia has a lot of experience with [9]strategic mistakes in Finland, not to mention the ongoing situation in Ukraine.
As was widely [10]reported by several media outlets, Russian politician Vladimir Dzhabarov, a member of the county's upper house, the Federation Council, issued a not-so-veiled threat of violence should Finland pursue membership.
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Despite that country's ties with Russia, if Finland joined NATO "it would become a target," Dzhabarov said. "I think it [would be] a terrible tragedy for the entire Finnish people," he added, which makes the airspace breach and the cyberattacks sound more like warning shots.
[12]Google: Russian credential thieves target NATO, Eastern European military
[13]Huge DDoS attack temporarily kicks Israeli government sites offline
[14]Ukraine invasion: This may be the quiet before the cyber-storm, IT staff warned
[15]Ukraine hit by DDoS attacks, Russia deploys malware
To be clear: Finland has not blamed Russia for taking the websites offline during Zelenskyy's address to its Parliament.
According to Check Point Research's [16]latest numbers , one month into the war, both Russia and Ukraine have seen an increase in cyberattacks. Russia experienced a 10 percent jump while Ukraine saw a 17 percent increase, according to the security shop.
Globally, the threat researchers documented a 16 percent increase in cyberattacks since the invasion of Ukraine by Russia began at the end of February. That reflects an 18 percent jump in weekly attacks in Europe, and a 16 percent increase in the Asia-Pacific region. In North America, the average weekly attacks per organization is 14 percent higher than before the war started. ®
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[1] https://um.fi/ajankohtaista/-/asset_publisher/gc654PySnjTX/content/ulkoministerioon-kohdistunut-palvelunestohyokkays
[2] https://twitter.com/DefenceFinland/status/1512403250032558087
[3] https://twitter.com/Ulkoministerio/status/1512402359913222146
[4] https://www.defmin.fi/en/topical/press_releases_and_news/suspected_violation_of_finnish_air_space_off_the_coast_near_the_city_of_porvoo.12617.news#5563b0b5
[5] https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?co=1&iu=/6978/reg_security/front&sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&tile=2&c=2YlEE7a@P1iNyB8SV2R06HgAAANg&t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D2%26raptor%3Dcondor%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0
[6] https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/08/russia-ukraine-war-nato-chief-says-finland-welcome-to-join-allies.html
[7] https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?co=1&iu=/6978/reg_security/front&sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&tile=4&c=44YlEE7a@P1iNyB8SV2R06HgAAANg&t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D4%26raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0
[8] https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?co=1&iu=/6978/reg_security/front&sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&tile=3&c=33YlEE7a@P1iNyB8SV2R06HgAAANg&t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0
[9] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_War
[10] https://www.newsweek.com/russia-finland-dzhabarov-ukraine-stoltenberg-nato-retaliation-1695854
[11] https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?co=1&iu=/6978/reg_security/front&sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&tile=4&c=44YlEE7a@P1iNyB8SV2R06HgAAANg&t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D4%26raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0
[12] https://www.theregister.com/2022/04/01/russian_credential_phishing/
[13] https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/15/ddos-attack-israel-government-iran/
[14] https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/09/ukraine_russia_cyberattacks/
[15] https://www.theregister.com/2022/02/23/ukraine_ddos_russia_malware/
[16] https://blog.checkpoint.com/2022/03/28/resurgence-of-increased-cyber-attacks-on-both-russia-and-ukraine-a-month-into-the-war/
[17] https://whitepapers.theregister.com/
Fuck NATO, their British overlords, and everyone in it
Albanians "liberating" Kosovo from Serbia were freedom fighters, Russians trying to protectt Donbas are terrorists.
Ukrainians are free to fight for territorial integrity and sovereignty, and are being supplied with weapons, while Serbs were "free" to surrender part of their territory after being bombed by NATO for 77 days and the only weapons they were "supplied" with were cluster bombs and Tomahawks laden with depleted uranium.
UK and their proxy war dog USA tactics is simple -- cause conflict on purpose by funding separatists and terrorists. Once the armed conflict begins dump their weapons to justify their defense budgets and build fresh batches of more advanced weapons. Stoke the fire and prolong the conflict as much as possible. Once the dust settles over the rubble send MMF & Co to offer loans for rebuilding of stuff whose destruction they sponsored and financially enslave another country. Once the country is in debt they can strong arm them into accepting and publicly supporting their "democratic" values.
All smaller countries are in their pockets and vote in UN and elsewhere as they are told in fear of sanctions so basically they are the worst autocrats and colonialists yet Boris Johnson dares lecturing Putin on colonization. So rich coming from a monarchy whose queen is a legal owner of 27.5 million square kilometers of land (-1/6 of Earth land area).
Re: Fuck NATO, their British overlords, and everyone in it
> An orc has joined the chat.
Re: Fuck NATO, their British overlords, and everyone in it
Hey, orc, the keyword is "million". Surrender, say the keyword, and you will get some money.
Otherwise, have the sunflower seeds in pocket, so that your death will accomplish something useful
A "mistake?" Sounds like Putin and the Russkies are threatening to invade Finland next for daring to consider NATO membership.
Poor Putin. His oil revenues won't last forever due to global warming, his coal revenues won't last for the same reason, he and the oligarchs have pilfered all there is to pilfer from the Russian people, and I do believe he is scared incontinent.
NATO
Yeah, that sure will make Finns to not want to join NATO.