Russian hackers seized control of Norwegian dam, spy chief says

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/14/russian-hackers-control-norwegian-dam-norway

28 comments

  1. Yeah, uh, I’m gonna say that maybe connecting critical infrastructure to the Internet was *not* a smart idea.

  2. Part article:
    Russian hackers took control of a Norwegian dam this year, opening a floodgate and allowing water to flow unnoticed for four hours, Norway’s intelligence service has said.

    The admission, by the Norwegian Police Security Service (PST), marks the first time that Oslo has formally attributed the cyber-attack in April on Bremanger, western Norway, to Moscow.

    The attack on the hydropower dam, which produces electricity, released 500 litres (132 gallons) of water a second for four hours until the incident was detected and stopped.

    The head of PST, Beate Gangås, said on Wednesday: “Over the past year, we have seen a change in activity from pro-Russian cyber actors.” The Bremanger incident was an example of such an attack, she added.

    “The aim of this type of operation is to influence and to cause fear and chaos among the general population. Our Russian neighbour has become more dangerous.”

  4. at the very least, norway should seek proportionate retaliation

  5. pretty bizarre that it can even be controlled remotely tbh

  6. I don’t get why shit like this isn’t considered an attack on NATO. Fuck Russia. 

  7. You’d think with modern technology we’d be able to just cut a certain country off from the internet at large. Like North Korea and China keep people out/in, so why can’t countries just block all access to Russia?

  9. They actually hacked a Norwegian, causing the spy chief to exclaim “damn”

  12. The bad thing is, that dams are actually extremely important as they can be used as cold starters in case of a major outage.

  13. Anyone who plugs a dam into the internet deserves what follows.

  17. I wonder when EU will wake up and realize that russia is already waging war against them, and hopefully respond accordingly 

  18. Wait. 500 litres of water per second.

    500L*3600(seconds per hour)*4 hours = 7,200,000L of water.

    3 Olympic swimming pools in 4 hours. The act itself is definitely a big deal, but the result sure isn’t.

    the flow of the river in my city is about 150,000L/min

  20. Well, Norway always wanted more excitement in their water sports… didn’t expect it to come from hackers

  21. Line why even? What do the Russians accomplish by acting like assholes to everybody for what I assume is little gain?

  22. This is a lot like how “Occupied” started. If you haven’t seen it, do yourself a favor. It’s outstanding.

  23. Great now let’s give them minerals in Alaska

  27. > Norway and Russia share a 123-mile (198km) border, with a crossing at Storskog, Europe’s only open Schengen border with Russia.

    What the fuck why is this border open there with russia?

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