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Tough Neighbourhood: Finland's security agencies are on alert to increased online threats and cyber attacks since it joined NATO.

Here is a selection of what the international press has published about Finland in the last week: Finland faces growing Russian online threat, Finnish security services say Finland experiencing a surge in online espionage attempts from Russia following the latter’s invasion of Ukraine, was covered in an article by The Guardian on October 18.

Official at Finnish intelligence service says espionage attempts have increased since Ukraine invasion

Russian online espionage threats against Finland are worsening. Here's what Supo revealed. (Photo : MAXIM MARMUR/AFP via Getty Images) Russian President Vladimir Putin salutes officers 18 February, 2004 shortly after his arrival at the observation point of the Artic cosmodrome in Plesetsk, where he came to watch the launch of spacecraft Molnia, carrying a military spy satelite on board.

Faced by shortages of troops for the war in Ukraine, Russia is recruiting Serbian fighters, with apparent aims to field a full battalion.

The threat of Russian operations against Finland's critical infrastructure "has increased" since the country joined NATO, the Finnish intelligence service said Thursday as Helsinki investigates potential sabotage of its natural gas pipeline.