Sweden issued cyber attack alert as its air traffic reeled
From: AldriMer.no
With much of Sweden’s air traffic crippled on 4 Nov. 2015, authorities in the Scandinavian country notified NATO of a serious, ongoing cyber attack by a hacker group linked to Russian intelligence.
By KJETIL STORMARK
Officially, the Swedish Civil Aviation Administration blamed a solar storm for knocking out air traffic control systems in much of Sweden on 4 November.
Urgent warning
But sources tell aldrimer.no that Swedish authorities at the same time sent urgent messages to NATO saying Sweden, which is not a member of the alliance, was under a serious cyber attack. Two separate warnings are thought to have been issued, then relayed to several NATO allies, including Norway and Denmark. The information provided by Sweden indicated that the Swedes believed the cyber attack was led by a so-called APT group (Advanced Persistent Threat) which previously has been linked to the Russian military intelligence service GRU.
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