Auditory window in Europe

Russian and Chinese intelligence services are suspected of hacking the network databases of the Finland Foreign Ministry. About this with reference to unnamed sources reports the MTV3 television channel. The head of the Finnish diplomatic department of Erkki Tuomioy, the head of the television channel, announced the surveillance itself. Nevertheless, he did not express assumptions about who was behind the hacking.

Surprising was discovered in early spring. After that, the department has moved the most confidential information. The Security Service of Finland is investigating.

The country's authorities learned about the hacking of these authorities from foreign sources. Tuomiya noticed that the scale of surveillance was unprecedented. It was reported that it lasted several years and was very difficult to organize. Nevertheless, the hackers failed to intercept the particularly secret information regarding international relations.

According to Reuters, the goal of hackers was communication channels between the Finland authorities and the structures of the European Union. Finland informed the EU about her suspicions.