Norway Says Russia Was Behind Hacker Attack on Parliament

Norway Says Russia Was Behind Hacker Attack on Parliament
Norwegian Parliament in Oslo, on Dec. 13, 2014. Terje Bendiksby/AFP via Getty Images
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark—Norway’s foreign minister said Russia is behind a break-in into the Norwegian Parliament’s email system in August, calling the intrusion “a serious incident that affects our most important democratic institution.”

“It is our assessment that Russia is behind this activity,” Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Soereide said.