Cybersecurity
Finland Detects Cyber Attack on Online Election-Results Service
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Finnish police are probing a cyber attack on a web service that publishes vote tallies less than a week before national elections.
The denial-of-service attack on the website took place last weekend, the National Bureau of Investigation said in an emailed statement on Wednesday. The suspected crime is severe interference with telecommunications, and a pre-trial investigation has just started.