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Sweden to establish national cyber security centre
Sweden becomes latest Nordic state to establish a national cyber security centre as the threat landscape grows
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By Published: 08 Feb 2021 10:05
Sweden has become the latest Nordic country to bolster its cyber defence ambitions and capabilities in the face of heightened threats, with the government commissioning key defence and security agencies to establish a national cyber security centre (NCSC).
The NCSC will be created following a series of high-profile cyber attacks that targeted major Swedish corporations in 2020, including industrial security group Gunnebo.
The assignment to establish and operate the NCSC was delegated to a coalition of state security organisations led by the Swedish Armed Forces (SAF) and the National Defence Radio Establishment (Försvarets Radioanstalt/FRA), which functions as the signals intelligence (Sigint) branch of the SAF.
Suspected Russian spyware Turla targets Europe, United States Reuters Photo
LONDON/BOSTON: A sophisticated piece of spyware has been quietly infecting hundreds of government computers across Europe and the United States in one of the most complex cyber espionage programs uncovered to date.
Several security researchers and Western intelligence officers say they believe the malware, widely known as Turla, is the work of the Russian government and linked to the same software used to launch a massive breach on the US military uncovered in 2008.
It was also linked to a previously known, massive global cyber spying operation dubbed Red October targeting diplomatic, military and nuclear research networks.
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