Number of information security violations and threats reported in Finland 2020
In 2020, roughly 12 thousand information security violations and threat notifications were processed by the National Cyber Security Centre in Finland. This was a major increase of over 100 percent from the previous year, when roughly 4.5 thousand cases were handled. The majority of notifications processed by the national authorities during 2020 concerned online scams (4,912) and phishing (3,771). Other common types of information security violations and threats included spam, malware, and data breaches.
