Hacking, BankID | Russian hacker group warns of attack on Norway: Several Norwegian websites are down

According to the newspaper, the websites of Arbeidstilsynet and BankID are both out of operation on Wednesday morning.

Altinn also writes on its website that “they experience instability”.

The hacker group writes on their websites that they will attack the police, UDI, BankID, the ID gate at Difi, Nav and several other Norwegian websites and online services.

They are also said to have used a picture of Foreign Minister Anniken Huitfeldt on the social media Telegram, where Huitfeldt looks like a mask from the Disney film Maleficent.

No Norwegian authorities have commented

So far, the Norwegian authorities have not commented on the announced attack.

– We are familiar with the case and have nothing to add now, says press contact Herman Ringstad in the National Security Authority to NTB at 10.15.

Arbeidstilsynet and BankID’s websites are down. BankID confirms that they are exposed to a computer attack.

The websites of Arbeidstilsynet and BankID are both out of operation on Wednesday morning. Altinn also writes on its website that “they experience instability”.

Dagbladet also reports that the Russian hacker group Killnet writes on their websites that they will attack the police, UDI, BankID, the ID gate at Difi, Nav and several other Norwegian websites and online services.

According to the newspaper, they also used a picture of Foreign Minister Anniken Huitfeldt on the social media Telegram, where Huitfeldt looks like a mask from the Disney movie Maleficent.

NSM is familiar with the case

– We are familiar with the case and have nothing to add now, says press contact Herman Ringstad in the National Security Authority to NTB at 10.15.

Hege Steinsland, Head of Communications at BankID, confirms to TV 2 that their website has been attacked.

– It is a question of a DDoS attack, which is spraying with traffic on the site, Steinsland says to the channel.

BankID and the Norwegian Labor Inspection Authority confirm the attack

When asked if they have any indications as to who may be behind it, she answers:

– We do not want to go out with everything we sit on there, she says.

The Norwegian Labor Inspection Authority also confirms to NRK that they are exposed to a hacker attack.

– Arbeidstilsynet works to shield and delimit the attack, says department director Vigdis Johnsen in the department for IT and administration at Arbeidstilsynet to the channel.