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Norway Digdir shared government services (ID-porten, Altinn, MinID and others): DDoS disrupts national logins

A DDoS attack starting 03:38 on 24 Aug 2026 disrupted ID-porten, Kontakt- og reservasjonsregisteret, Maskinporten, MinID, eFormidling, ELMA, eInnsyn...

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What happened

  • A DDoS attack starting 03:38 on 24 Aug 2026 disrupted ID-porten, Kontakt- og reservasjonsregisteret, Maskinporten, MinID, eFormidling, ELMA, eInnsyn, Ansattporten, with knock-on effects on Altinn, eSignering and Digital postkasse; services were briefly completely down and otherwise slow. Digdir saw no sign of a breach and called it the third such attack in a short period.
  • Root cause: volumetric/application DDoS; no intrusion.
  • Attacker: not identified by Digdir.
  • Response: mitigation with subcontractor Vivicta; NSM and Datatilsynet notified.

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