Finnish government websites hit by cyberattack during Zelenskyy speech

Finland's authorities says that its web sites have been focused in a cyberattack throughout a speech to parliament by Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

The official pages of the Finnish international and defence ministries have been each down briefly on Friday afternoon.

The international ministry later confirmed in a assertion that it had been hit by a "denial of service assault" (DDOS) assault.

The web site was first affected at round 12:00 however was quickly "returned to regular" inside an hour, the ministry added.

"The Ministry of Overseas Affairs has taken measures to restrict the assault in cooperation with service suppliers and the Cybersecurity Centre."

Helsinki didn't say who was behind the assault or give additional particulars.

A DDOS assault is a malicious try to disrupt a web site and stop it from functioning by overwhelming it with web visitors and exercise.

These differ from ransomware cyberattacks, the place hackers would possibly ask for cost to unlock information they've accessed.

The cyberattack hit the Finnish authorities throughout Zelenskyy's video handle to the nation's parliament.

Throughout his speech, Ukraine's President repeated his name for "highly effective" sanctions towards Russia following the invasion on February 24.

"We'd like the weapons that a few of our companions within the European Union have," Zelenskyy informed Finnish MPs.

The Ukrainian chief referred to as for Europe to launch a "Molotov cocktail" towards Moscow, referring to the firebombs that have been extensively utilized by Finnish resistance towards the previous Soviet Union throughout World Warfare II.

"Russia's warfare towards Ukraine is decisive not just for the way forward for our nation but additionally for all those that share a border with Russia, as you probably did 83 years in the past," Zelenskyy stated.

Finland -- which has a border of greater than 1,300 kilometres with Russia -- is contemplating becoming a member of NATO following the outbreak of warfare.

On Friday, Finland's ministry of defence additionally reported that a Russian authorities plane had briefly violated its airspace.