Finnish police arrest three on suspicion of hacking Gov`t websites

  30 March 2016    Read: 841
Finnish police arrest three on suspicion of hacking Gov`t websites
Finnish police arrested two Pirkanmaa and one Uusimaa both southern regions men suspected of denial of service attacks, according to local media.
Finnish police arrested three people on suspicion of carrying out a series of hacking attacks on government websites, Finland’s police said in a statement Tuesday.

"Police have arrested two Pirkanmaa and one Uusimaa [both southern regions] men suspected of denial of service attacks. All persons suspected of the offense are below 20 years of age," the Finnish police said.

The suspects are accused of slowing down traffic to government websites through denial of service attacks from February 9 to March 23.

The investigation was conducted in collaboration with the Finnish Communications Regulatory Authority (FICORA) and the National Bureau of Investigation.

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