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Update: Let’s Get Cyberphysical: Internet Attack shuts off the Heat in Finland

ID: 0b1bd115-0271-5dc0-8737-f92e2906a891

STIX ID: report--0b1bd115-0271-5dc0-8737-f92e2906a891

Feed Name: Security Ledger

Threat Score
55/100

Date Published: 2016-11-08

Date Updated: 2026-04-26

Author: Paul Roberts

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**Executive summary:** A sustained DDoS attack against publicly reachable building automation devices in Lappeenranta, Finland caused temporary loss of heating and other building services in two properties; investigators linked the outage to malicious traffic hitting exposed Fidelix devices and warned that roughly 1,000 similar systems are Internet-accessible and vulnerable, raising the risk of further physical-impact incidents.

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