Finland Detects Cyber Attack on Online Elections
Return To ArticleFinnish police are probing a cyber attack on a web service that publishes vote tallies less than a week before national elections.
The denial-of-service attack on the website took place last weekend, the National Bureau of Investigation said in an emailed statement on Wednesday. The suspected crime is severe interference with telecommunications, and a pre-trial investigation has just started.
There is no electronic voting in Finland. The attack didn’t affect the voting process or the actual counting of ballots, and thus cannot have an impact on the election result, the police said.
