Pro-Russian hackers claim responsibility for major cyberattack on Norway's public digital services

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy greets Norway’s Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere ahead of the flag-raising ceremony to mark the National Flag Day in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Aug. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File) OSLO, Norway (AP) — A pro-Russian hacker group on Wednesday claimed responsibility for a cyberattack that has affected multiple Norwegian government digital services over the past three days. The cyberattack has been ongoing since Monday, said Are Kvistad, a spokesperson for the Norwegian Digitalization Agency (Digdir), the state body in charge of making Norway’s public services more digital and user-friendly, told The Associated Press. “It’s the biggest attack against Digdir solutions that we have ever experienced,” Kvistad said. The denial-of-service attacks meant that hackers pushed massive traffic toward the agency in order to block services, including one that enables citizens to use one login across multiple public services. Norwegian officials did not comment on the hackers’ claim by publication time.

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