During Tuesday, several large Swedish news organizations were hit by a so-called overload attack. According to Markus Murray, cyber security expert at Truesec, there have been attacks against Swedish targets for several days. And despite the fact that the hacker group Anonymous Sudan has claimed responsibility for the attack, he believes that it is likely that Russian actors are behind the attacks. – There is a fairly large risk that this is actually someone else who has carried out the deed during a so-called false flag operation, says Markus Murray. According to him, it is in line with the Russian hacker group Killnet, which in recent times has acted in line with the geopolitical interests of the Russian state. “Congestion behavior” Even TV4’s own Henri Caddeo, Head of Product and Technology, confirms that TV4 was affected for a short time just before 09.00. – We had an overload behavior. So a behavior that is not normal. A lot of IT addresses at the same time and a completely unnatural number of data requests, he says. TV4’s websites were back on track after ten minutes. – I would say that it was so extensive that we obviously couldn’t handle it and neither could our colleagues. So it was quite a load, that was it, says Henri Caddeo Should we be worried? – No I do not think so. Not for this, says Henri Caddeo. What is your comment on the fact that Russian actors may be behind this? – Pure speculation. I can’t judge it. I don’t have anything that points in one direction or the other, so I can’t judge it, says Henri Caddeo.
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Sweden hit by even more cyber attacks: "Russian Actor”
