Newsweek in plain Finnish | Sunday 25.10.2026

Information security breach. Domestic peace of MPs. Pensions. Rewarding whistleblowers.

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Security breach

A security bulletin appears on the computer screen, urging you to update PHP vulnerabilities.

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The PHP programming language is common on websites. Photo: Jari Kovalainen / Yle

A security breach caused widespread shutdowns of websites in Finland this week.

For example, the websites of the National Land Survey of Finland, the oikeus.fi service, the University of Jyväskylä and the Central Finland Welfare Region were down for several days.

The State Communications Technology Center closed the pages for safety reasons.

The cause of the security breach was a serious security vulnerability found in the PHP programming language, which is used on websites.

The vulnerability could affect up to 70 percent of the world’s websites.

Many organizations shut down websites around the world as a precaution.

Organizations and companies need to update their website software.

It may take many weeks to fix all websites.

Domestic peace of MPs

Speaker of the Parliament, Jussi Halla-aho, guest on the first morning.

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Yle interviewed the Speaker of the Parliament, Jussi Halla-aho, on Saturday. Photo: Mohamed El Bouari / Yle

Speaker of the Parliament Jussi Halla-aho was a guest on Yle’s Ykkösaamu on Saturday.

Halla-aho said that some MPs are very concerned about intrusions into MPs’ homes.

There have been signs in the apartments of many MPs that someone has visited the apartment.

The intruder could be, for example, an agent of a foreign state who wants to intimidate Finnish decision-makers. The police are investigating the cases.

Halla-aho says that MPs know that the matter must be approached calmly.

Security measures for MPs have been increased.

Pensions

A person is holding a mobile phone with a pension calculator on the screen and a blue "+2.6%" marking on the right side.

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There is a calculator on Yle’s website that can be used to calculate pension changes. Photo: Ilkka Kemppinen / Yle

Pensions will increase next year.

The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health confirmed on Friday that the earnings-related pension index will increase by 2.6 percent at the beginning of next year.

The national pension will increase by 2.3 percent.

The reason for the increases is inflation. This means that prices have risen faster than before. The price of fuel has risen a lot, and that affects many prices.

The Finnish Taxpayers’ Confederation calculates that the increase will affect pensioners equally.

For example, an earnings-related pension of 2,000 euros will increase by approximately 52 euros per month.

There will be no major changes to taxes, which is why the increase will be reflected in pensioners’ accounts.

Approximately 1.6 million Finns receive a pension.

Rewarding explanations

Selkosanomat editor-in-chief Petri Kiuttu thanks Selkosanomat for the award at the book fair on stage.

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The Quality Digital Award was received by Petri Kiuttu, editor-in-chief of Selkosanomat. The recipient of the award was chosen by President Tarja Halonen. Photo: Helinä Ylisirniö

Selkosanomat has won the Quality Digital of the Year award. It is an award given to a good online newspaper.

Selkosanomat is a plain-language online newspaper published by Selkokeskus.

The award recipient was chosen by President Tarja Halonen.

Halonen says that Selkosanomat does important work because it helps all people understand the news. President Halonen says that the right to information belongs to all people.

The Quality Digital Award was presented at the Helsinki Book Fair.

This was Uutisviikko in plain Finnish. See you again, bye!