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Norway’s Town Halls Face a Cyber Test

Norway wants every municipality to test its digital defenses. A data theft near Oslo shows how long residents can wait to learn what was taken.

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Odd Inge Teige
Nov 11

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Norway’s government set a goal on November 10 for all 357 municipalities to stress-test their digital security and fix weaknesses they find. Digitalization Minister Torgeir Micaelsen said the national Health and Municipal Cybersecurity Response Team, known as Helse- og kommuneCERT, had helped nearly 100 municipalities wit…

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