Finland IDs Hackers Linked to Parliament Spying Attack

Finland IDs Hackers Linked to Parliament Spying Attack
A hacker uses his computer in Dongguan, China, on Aug. 4, 2020. Nicolas Asfouri/AFP via Getty Images
The Associated Press
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HELSINKI—Finland’s domestic security agency said Thursday that the cybergroup APT31, which is generally linked to the Chinese regime, was likely behind a cyberspying attack on the information systems of the Nordic country’s parliament.

The Finnish Security and Intelligence Service, known by the abbreviation Supo, said it had “identified a cyber espionage operation targeted in 2020 against parliament with the aim of intruding into parliament’s IT systems.”