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Norway Digdir shared government services (ID-porten, Altinn, MinID and others): DDoS disrupts national logins
A DDoS attack starting 03:38 on 24 Aug 2026 disrupted ID-porten, Kontakt- og reservasjonsregisteret, Maskinporten, MinID, eFormidling, ELMA, eInnsyn...
- Disclosed
What happened
- A DDoS attack starting 03:38 on 24 Aug 2026 disrupted ID-porten, Kontakt- og reservasjonsregisteret, Maskinporten, MinID, eFormidling, ELMA, eInnsyn, Ansattporten, with knock-on effects on Altinn, eSignering and Digital postkasse; services were briefly completely down and otherwise slow. Digdir saw no sign of a breach and called it the third such attack in a short period.
- Root cause: volumetric/application DDoS; no intrusion.
- Attacker: not identified by Digdir.
- Response: mitigation with subcontractor Vivicta; NSM and Datatilsynet notified.
Sources
- https://www.digdir.no/digdir/digdir-stabiliserer-losningene-etter-dataangrep/8364
- https://konbriefing.com/en-topics/cyber-attacks-public-administration.html
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