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Who and why is attacking companies in the Nordic Countries?

Security experts at FireEye have published a report that details the cyber threats targeting various sectors in the Nordic countries. Nordic countries are privileged targets for both state-sponsored hackers and cyber criminal organizations. Russian and Chinese hackers are very active in the area, they managed numerous cyber espionage campaigns conducted to steal political and military secrets of Nordic countries. Popular APT actors such as Red October and APT28 also targeted companies, organizations and government entities in the region. The highest number of APT and malware alerts were observed in in Norway (47%), followed by Denmark (36%), Sweden (14%), and Finland (3%)”]

Source: http://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/37140/cyber-crime/apt-against-nordic-countries.html

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