Cybersecurity
Finland Prepares for ‘Manifold Warfare’ as Russia Feeds Paranoia
- Western hybrid attack center being planned in Helsinki
- Defense minister says center could open by end of year
A Finnish ice hockey fan puts on contact lenses with the Finnish flag on May 3, 2013, in Helsinki.
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A year ago, at the height of winter, officials in Helsinki were baffled to find scores of Asian and Middle Eastern asylum seekers suddenly crossing the sleepy Russian-Finnish border in Lapland, an Arctic region where reindeer outnumber people.
The incident prompted Finland to break from EU practices and sign an immigration-curbing deal with Vladimir Putin. Finnish officials eventually concluded that the crossings were probably part of a hybrid attack masterminded in Moscow.