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just_some_user | on: DDoS against Norwegian government IT infrastructure – status
The actual interesting part about such an attack is not that something is down, but rather why someone would run it. A lot of DDoS originates from script kiddies, but such attacks are usually very short lived as attacks are expensive. So which actor would actually benefit from downing the Norwegian government?
Retr0id | parent | next
DDoS tends to be monetised as DDoS-as-a-service. Taking down "significant" services is good advertising. Either that, or they plan to extort the Norwegian government.
just_some_user | root | parent
But for such a "proof of power" a short attack which takes the service down once is enough, long attacks are not so common and actually require some work from the attacker
Retr0id | root | parent | next
If the attack doesn't last long, bystanders can't know whether it was trivially mitigated by the victim.

A shorter attack won't make as many news headlines, either.

devin | root | parent
Unless part of the social proof is that mitigation is more difficult.
InTheArena | parent | next
What do they benefit from taking down any government, NGO or civic work program? American systems, as well as larger European systems are constantly attacked. I've seen the same traffic. Fire walling off China, North Korea and smaller eastern European countries is a must if you ever plan to expose any internet exposed services.
roflmaostc | parent | next
is there actually any source those attacks are really done by "script kiddies"?

More likely this more politically motivated and backed up by money and more capable groups

just_some_user | root | parent
Yes, thats what I meant
cantalopes | parent | next
Imo russia most likely
giwook | parent | next
Probably a country that lost to Norway in the World Cup.
esseph | parent | next
It hasn't been majorly like that in twenty years.

Botnets are services now, a business. They gain customers by their effectiveness and resilience.

For $$50-100 you can deny service to a lot of big sites and services.

cynicalsecurity | parent | next
Really, you have no one in mind? Someone who is sending hundreds of bombing drones daily to Ukraine, killing civilian population, women and children, and who is eager to send a message to NATO countries any way possible?
motbus3 | root | parent
That is much less effective than every other manner they tested on the past few years such as shadow fleets, ghost satellites etc.

Up to the moment it has not been the operation adopted which would make it weird.

On who would do it then, anyone who benefits from instability. From corporations trying to sell flocked uped sytems, politicians, etc.

There is one south american country who was attacked exactly this way before their head of the government was kidnapped.

cynicalsecurity | root | parent
You don't understand Kremlin's mentality. Any even little nasty thing they can do to the West makes them giggle like Doctor Evil. "Oh, a NATO country's government infra was not protected from DDoS? Let's have fun, haha!" You are dealing with story book villains. I know, this sounds so ridiculous it's hard to believe someone can actually be like this. But then the reality check hits.
iwontberude | parent | next
those script kiddies control botnets in foreign countries and use them to attack stuff just bc. its not their compute, so no marginal cost to them
tuatoru | parent | next
The UK. It wants to steal Norway's vast stores of electricity.
Crunchified | root | parent
"vast stores of electricity"?
QuantumNomad_ | root | parent
Electricity production in Norway is predominantly hydroelectric.

When it rains dams fill up. The water is drained into shafts with turbines, and electricity is generated.

However, even though we are big on hydroelectricity percentage wise I’m not sure it’s all that vast an amount of electricity on a global scale. We are a pretty small country after all.

According to Wikipedia, the Norwegian electricity sector had 40.26 GW installed capacity as of 2021 and was producing 157.113 TWh in the same year. [1]

Great Britain had 74.8 GW installed capacity in 2023 and was producing 292.7 TWh in 2023. [2]

France was producing 537.7 TWh in 2020. [3]

Germany was producing 488.5 TWh in 2024. [4]

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity_sector_in_Norway

[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity_in_Great_Britain

[3]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity_sector_in_France

[4]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity_sector_in_Germany

Crunchified | root | parent
It stored energy. It's not stored electricity.