Retaliation for supporting Ukraine: pro-russian hackers attack Norway
The pro-russian hacker group Server Killers has carried out a series of large-scale cyberattacks targeting Norway’s government sector.
The attackers targeted the Norwegian Agency for Digitalisation, causing dozens of government services to experience outages for three days. At the same time, information related to the country’s state budget was leaked.
The Server Killers group, which has been active since 2023 and previously targeted resources in Romania and Canada, openly claimed responsibility for the attack and stated its motive: retaliation for Oslo signing a strategic partnership agreement with Ukraine and continuing financial support for Kyiv through 2027.
Using cyberattacks as a direct response to the diplomatic and financial steps of European states is a classic manifestation of russia’s hybrid warfare. The main goal of such operations is to pressure Ukraine’s allies.
russia’s systematic attempts to undermine support for Ukraine through hybrid attacks require a decisive and coordinated response from the international community. Strengthening joint cyber defence among partner countries and imposing new sanctions on pro-russian hacker networks are necessary steps to effectively counter hybrid threats.
