The website crashed a little before six in the evening. Illustration image. Henri Kärkkäinen
The website of Helsinki Region Transport (HSL) has crashed. The website crashed a little before six in the evening.
The cause is currently being investigated.
– Such a possibility is not ruled out, but I cannot confirm, HSL’s communications officer on duty Saana Lehtinen says about a possible denial of service attack.
HSL’s mobile application works normally. According to Lehtinen, the website reittiopas.hsl.fi/etusivu also acts as a gateway to the route guide.
Be the first to hear about it According to Yle the Russian hacker group NoName 057(16) has announced via the messaging service Telegram that it is behind a possible denial of service attack.
On Tuesday, the Parliament’s external websites were hit by a denial-of-service attack. NoName announced on Telegram that he was also behind this denial-of-service attack.