# Norwegian Government Services Disrupted by Major DDoS Attack

*Published August 26, 2026*
*Source: [https://therecord.media/norway-cyberattack-ddos-government](https://therecord.media/norway-cyberattack-ddos-government)*

## Executive Summary

A massive DDoS attack has disrupted multiple Norwegian government services, affecting key systems like ID-porten. This attack, the largest in recent months, has had significant implications for public access to services and healthcare infrastructure.

## Article

Norwegian government services experienced significant disruptions after a large-scale cyberattack struck the infrastructure crucial for their operation. The Norwegian Digitalisation Agency, known as Digdir, reported that a distributed denial-of-service attack began on Monday, targeting the IT infrastructure of their partner, Vivicta. This type of attack overwhelms servers with excessive traffic, rendering them inaccessible to legitimate users. Digdir and Vivicta have been working together to restore affected systems, with some services already coming back online. However, as of Tuesday morning, some disruptions persisted. The attack, which continued for about 30 hours with varying intensity, impacted 10 digital services. These services play vital roles in identity verification, public service access, data exchange between government agencies and businesses, public record access, and employee access management. Among the affected systems was ID-porten, a digital identification service used by over 4.5 million people as a gateway to thousands of government services. This disruption also extended to Norway's health sector, affecting online pharmacy access and the electronic prescription system, as these services rely on ID-porten for authentication. This incident marks the third DDoS attack on Digdir's services since June, with this latest assault being two to three times more severe than previous ones, according to Digdir's press officer, Are Kvistad. The identity of the attackers remains unknown, and it is unclear if this attack is connected to other recent incidents. Importantly, Digdir confirmed that no sensitive information from the affected systems was compromised.