--- title: Massive DDoS attack disrupts Norway’s government digital... description: A large DDoS attack has disrupted Norway's shared government digital infrastructure since Monday 03:38 CEST, hitting services run by the Norwegian... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/massive-ddos-attack-disrupts-norway-s-government-digital-services-eg4nhxeo8 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Massive DDoS attack disrupts Norway’s government digital services | daily.dev og:description: A large DDoS attack has disrupted Norway's shared government digital infrastructure since Monday 03:38 CEST, hitting services run by the Norwegian... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/massive-ddos-attack-disrupts-norway-s-government-digital-services-eg4nhxeo8 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Eg4NHxEo8.png og:image:alt: Massive DDoS attack disrupts Norway’s government digital services og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Massive DDoS attack disrupts Norway’s government digital services **[BleepingComputer](https://daily.dev/sources/bleepingcomputer)** · 2 min read · 3 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary A large DDoS attack has disrupted Norway's shared government digital infrastructure since Monday 03:38 CEST, hitting services run by the Norwegian Digitalization Agency (Digdir) and its provider Vivicta. Services like ID-porten and eSignering remain partially inaccessible, while dependent platforms Altinn and Skatteetaten also report login issues. Digdir's director says no evidence of a security breach or data compromise was found, and this marks the third DDoS attack on Digdir recently, following incidents in June and on August 3. Norwegian authorities NSM and Datatilsynet have been notified, and media speculate about possible Russian involvement, though no official attribution exists. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What caused the Norwegian government services outage in August 2026? A large distributed denial-of-service attack targeted the shared digital infrastructure operated by Norway's Digitalization Agency (Digdir) and its operations provider Vivicta, starting at 03:38 CEST on a Monday. Services like ID-porten and eSignering were partially disrupted, and dependent platforms Altinn and Skatteetaten also reported login problems, though no data breach was found. _Security teams tracking DDoS incidents against public infrastructure can follow developments like this on daily.dev._ ### Is this the first DDoS attack against Digdir in Norway? No, this is the third DDoS attack targeting Digdir recently, according to its director Frode Danielsen. Two earlier attacks occurred in June and on August 3, before this Monday's incident that disrupted ID-porten, eSignering, and related services relied on by Altinn and Skatteetaten. _Anyone monitoring repeated attacks on critical government infrastructure can keep up with the pattern via daily.dev._ ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@jliter85** · 0 upvotes > This really shows how important shared infrastructure becomes once so many services depend on it. You don’t necessarily have to breach a system or steal data to cause serious problems a DDoS attack against the right piece of infrastructure can disrupt everything connected to it. That dependency is what stood out to me the most. --- Tags: [#security](https://daily.dev/tags/security), [#cyber](https://daily.dev/tags/cyber) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/massive-ddos-attack-disrupts-norway-s-government-digital-services-eg4nhxeo8) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Massive DDoS attack disrupts Norway’s government digital services","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/massive-ddos-attack-disrupts-norway-s-government-digital-services-eg4nhxeo8","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/massive-ddos-attack-disrupts-norway-s-government-digital-services-eg4nhxeo8"},"datePublished":"2026-08-25T15:53:54.818Z","dateModified":"2026-08-25T16:01:51.659Z","description":"A large DDoS attack has disrupted Norway's shared government digital infrastructure since Monday 03:38 CEST, hitting services run by the Norwegian...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/095223ef61f1166bd97bf4dbbeb69b39?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/095223ef61f1166bd97bf4dbbeb69b39?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"BleepingComputer","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"BleepingComputer","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--as8nJ3qy--/f_auto,q_auto/v1774959951/logos/bleepingcomputer?_a=BAMAMiWQ0","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/bleepingcomputer"},"commentCount":1,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/massive-ddos-attack-disrupts-norway-s-government-digital-services-eg4nhxeo8","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":3},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}],"keywords":"security,cyber","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"BleepingComputer","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/bleepingcomputer"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Massive DDoS attack disrupts Norway’s government digital services"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/massive-ddos-attack-disrupts-norway-s-government-digital-services-eg4nhxeo8","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"This really shows how important shared infrastructure becomes once so many services depend on it. You don’t necessarily have to breach a system or steal data to cause serious problems a DDoS attack against the right piece of infrastructure can disrupt everything connected to it. 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