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Finnish police and parliament officials are investigating a security incident that happened earlier this year in which attackers gained access to internal IT networks and appear to have compromised lawmakers email accounts.
The strike appears to have taken place sometime during the fall and was discovered earlier this month, according to the Finnish Central Criminal Police. Currently, law enforcement officials believe this intrusion is an act of espionage. The act is not accidental. At this stage, one alternative is that unknown [actors] have been able to obtain information through the hacking, either for the benefit of a foreign state or to harm Finland, says Tero Muurman, the crime commissioner from the Finnish Central Criminal Police.