Radio | News week in plain Finnish | Sunday 19 May 2024

Helsinki data breach.

The topic of the news week this time is the Helsinki data breach.

The city of Helsinki’s information system has been hacked.

The hacker has taken the information of more than 100,000 people. That’s why a data breach is big and serious. The hacker got into the information system because the protection was not in order.

We will now tell you more about the data breach in Helsinki.

Sensitive information

The data breach was carried out in the systems of education and training. This branch handles the affairs of schools and students.

The burglar took, for example, students’ and guardians’ personal identification numbers and the information of city employees. Some of the information was sensitive. Sensitive information includes, for example, information about children who need special education or doctor’s statements.

Almost 120,000 people’s information was taken in the data breach. The hacker obtained the information of approximately 38,000 employees and the information of approximately 80,000 learners or guardians.

Remote management server

The data breach in Helsinki was noticed on May Day eve, i.e. April 30. The intruder gained access to the information network of the city of Helsinki via a remote management server.

Remote management servers are needed so that employees can use the systems remotely. Remote management servers may have vulnerabilities. That is why remote management servers are of interest to criminals.

For example, the remote management server of the city of Helsinki was missing an update to fix the vulnerability. That’s why the intruder used his own computer to access the Helsinki system via a remote management server.

Police investigation

The police have started investigating the data breach in Helsinki. The title of the investigation is gross data breach. It is not yet known exactly what data the intruder took.

The police are also investigating the operation of the city of Helsinki, i.e. why the hacker got into Helsinki’s information system.

It is not yet known what the hacker will do with the information. So far, no information has been published online. Nor have people or the city of Helsinki been blackmailed with information.

Repeat

The topic of the news week was the Helsinki data breach. The data breach in Helsinki is big and serious.

The hacker took the data of about 120,000 people from the information network of the education and training sector in Helsinki. The breach was successful because the security of the remote management server was not in order.

So far, information has not been distributed, for example, on the internet, and people have not been blackmailed with information.

The police are investigating the data breach in Helsinki.