GCVE-110-CERTFI-2024-0042

The City of Helsinki reported it was the target of a data breach at the start of May. Data breach means an unauthorised intrusion into an information system, service or device, or the unauthorised use of an application, such as an email account, with the credentials obtained. A data breach is a punishable offence as defined in the Criminal Code of Finland and an attempt to commit a data breach is also punishable. In this article, we will discuss data breaches in general.