The Norwegian oil and defense industry would be hit by a series of large-scale datadiefstallen. It was going to be possibly the greatest thing in the history of the country. The attackers were mainly from trade secrets.
That has the Norwegian National safety authority announced. Last year, there would be at least ten attacks have been on businesses and governments that are active in the energy and defence sector. Names called the security service, however, not, reports AP.
The attackers would are trade secrets. Among other companies that are in negotiation for the conclusion of major contracts would be targeted. According to the security service, there are various ways used to sensitive information, passwords, and documents of loot, including e-mail messages in which spyware was attached.
According to the Norwegian National safety authority is breaking on systems and data to steal relatively easily and, moreover, for foreign secret services to be a cheap way to obtain information. Presumably, the attacks by several people performed, but details have not been released.
Norway has often been a target of hackers; in 2010, the website of the nobel committee attacked using a trojan horse. The occasion was the awarding of the Nobel peace prize to the Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo.