OSLO, July 24 (Reuters) - Twelve Norwegian government ministries have been hit by a cyber attack, the Norwegian government said on Monday, the latest attack to hit the public sector of Europe's largest gas supplier and NATO's northernmost member.
That weakness has now been shut," Erik Hope, head of the government agency in charge of providing services to ministries, told a news conference.
The attack was identified due to "unusual" traffic on the supplier's platform, Hope said, declining to provide specifics.
Norway is Europe's largest gas supplier after a drop in Russian gas flows and Western Europe's largest oil exporter.
Norway's state sector has been hit by cyber attacks previously, including in June 2022, when a so-called distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack took place, blamed on a "criminal pro-Russian group".
Persons:
Erik Hope, Hope, Gwladys Fouche, Louise Rasmussen, Terje Solsvik
Organizations:
NATO, Thomson
Locations:
OSLO, Norwegian, Norway, Norway's, Russia, Ukraine