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Aircraft Unable to Receive GPS Signals in Baltic Sea, the Black Sea and Eastern Mediterranean.

March 22, 2024

Russia is suspected of launching a record-breaking 63-hour-long attack on GPS signals. The Baltic Sea, the Black Sea and the eastern Mediterranean – the regions where Russia’s military has been most active – have seen an increase in disruption to the Global Positioning System (GPS). This has left aircraft unable to receive GPS signals.

The incident, which affected hundreds of passenger jets, occurred amid rising tensions between Russia and the NATO military alliance more than two years since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

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Finnair Suspends Flights between Helsinki and Tartu after GPS Jamming

April 24, 2024

Finnair cancelled flights between Helsinki, Finland, and Tartu, Estonia, because of GPS jamming. Flights between Helsinki and Tartu were suspended until an alternative navigation system for landing approach was put in place.

Cases of GPS jamming, which is when strong radio signals drown out or interfere with satellite navigation systems, have surged since 2022, after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

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Numerous Customers Suffer from Ransomware Attack at Cloud Provider Tietoevry

January 20, 2024

Cloud hosting services provider Tietoevry announced that one of its datacenters in Sweden “was partially subject to a ransomware attack” this weekend, affecting numerous customers and forcing stores to close across the country.

According to the Finland-based technology company’s statement on Monday, the attackers used the Akira ransomware-as-a-service tools. The incident was limited to “one part of one of our Swedish datacenters” and is believed to have only impacted services to some of Tietoevry’s customers in Sweden. However, these customers include Primula, a widely used payroll and HR company in Sweden, including by the majority of the country’s universities and more than 30 government authorities. Staff at these organizations cannot submit personal leave or expenses requests.

Primula customers include the Swedish State Service Centre (SSC), which itself manages administrative services including payroll for nearly 170 government agencies. Swedish businesses currently reporting issues due to the incident include cinema chain Filmstaden and retailer Rusta. As a result of the ransomware attack, Granngården announced its grocery stores across the country would be closed on Monday.

On April 24, the company reports: With the exception of efforts continuing with few customers, all other impacted customer services were fully restored by mid-March.

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Finnish Watch Manufacturer Polar Disables Online Store Access

October 11, 2024

The Finnish company Polar, a manufacturer of connected watches, was the victim of a cyberattack that compromised the order information of some customers of its online store in the United States. The attackers tried to make fraudulent purchases using the compromised accounts and also created new fraudulent accounts. Polar has temporarily disabled the login and registration functions on all its online stores, as a precautionary measure.

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Nordic Utility Fortum Reports Daily Cyberattacks are Unsuccessful.

October 10, 2024

Fortum, the biggest power utility in Finland, is being subjected to daily attempts of cyber attacks and cyber breaches, while suspicious individuals and drone activity have been spotted near its energy assets, CEO Markus Rauramo told Reuters.

“There are different kinds of cyberattack attempts, or cyber security breach attempts, against us daily, and then less frequently, drones and different kinds of suspicious movement around our assets,” Rauramo said. Satellite connections have been disturbed in recent months, too.

Security services in Finland and Sweden declined to comment on specific incidents,

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Operational Shutdown at Uponor, Global Intelligent Plumbing and Climate Solutions provider

November 5, 2022

On 5 November 2022, Uponor was subject to a ransomware attack, which impacted its operations in Europe and North America.

Uponor announced in its press release on 18 November 2022, the company’s operations are still affected by the ransomware attack that occurred on 5 November. After the attack, the company took immediate actions to investigate and remediate the situation. One of these actions was to shut down all systems and production as a precautionary measure. After one week of production shutdown, operating levels have started to recover, and customer deliveries have restarted in all divisions during the past week. Uponor’s current focus lies on accelerating operational performance back to the operating levels before the attack while protecting the company’s systems.

As the attack happened close to the end of the year, the ability to cover lost sales during 2022 remains uncertain. Therefore, Uponor is withdrawing its guidance for 2022 until there is better visibility on operational ramp up and sales coverage.

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BRP Suspends Operations Following Ransomware Attack

August 8, 2022

The Quebec-based company, which makes snowmobiles, personal watercraft and all-terrain vehicles, said it had been the target of “malicious computer activity” and had taken “immediate steps to contain the situation.” BRP (formerly Bombardier Recreational Products) said it has hired cybersecurity experts to help secure its systems and support an internal investigation. Suspending operations could delay some transactions with customers and vendors, BRP said.

BRP provided an update on the situation on August 15: “The Company confirms that the malware infiltration came through a third-party service provider. BRP believes that the impact of the cyberattack was limited to its internal systems.” “The evidence collected so far allows BRP to believe that the impact of this incident from a data privacy perspective should be limited. “

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