#scandinavia

Why is #cybercrime So Prevalent in Prosperous #scandinavia ?
▻https://hackernoon.com/why-is-cybercrime-so-prevalent-in-prosperous-scandinavia-f5a64bc3d05f?so

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Despite its utopian reputation, Scandinavia is a cyber battlefield with data breaches and malware campaigns wreaking havoc.In addition to geographic, historical and cultural ties, another noteworthy hallmark shared by Scandinavian countries is the ubiquitous digitalization of their economies and the citizens’ day-to-day activities.This region boasts some of the highest Internet penetration rates across the board, reaching 97%. Moreover, Sweden and Norway rank the second and third in the world by average connection speeds, respectively. The large-scale deployment of fiber optic and LTE infrastructure ensures that even people living on remote islands have unrestricted access to top-notch technologies.If you put two and two together, you get a juicy potential target for malicious actors. (...)

#security #cybersecurity #data-breach

A Security Expert Tied to #WikiLeaks Vanishes, and the #Internet Is...
▻https://diasp.eu/p/7701464

A Security Expert Tied to #WikiLeaks Vanishes, and the #Internet Is Abuzz ▻https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/07/world/europe/wikileaks-arjen-kamphuis-disappearance.html #norway may never “feel” safe again. #assange #nl #scandinavia #arjenKamphuis

▻https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-sight/wp/2017/09/08/a-photographers-five-year-odyssey-chasing-personal-demons-resulted-i

Sebastien Van Malleghem’s forthcoming #book, ‘#Nordic #Noir ’ is the result of a five-year odyssey traveling through #Scandinavia

#photography #demons

Ilves cannot grasp logic behind neighbours preferring agreements with U.S. over NATO
Estonian head of state Toomas Hendrik Ilves has this week commented that he does not fully grasp the logic behind Finland and Sweden preferring to sign bilateral agreements with the U.S. over opting for NATO membership.

In an interview with Estonia’s Vikerraadio, Ilves analysed that Russia’s displeasure with regard to NATO does not stem from the fact that NATO itself would be very dangerous, but rather the fact that the U.S.’s role within it is so large, ERR reports.

▻http://bnn-news.com/ilves-cannot-grasp-logic-behind-neighbours-preferring-agreements-with-u-s-

#Estonia #NATO #security #geopolitics #scandinavia

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#renvoi #expulsion #asile #réfugiés #avion #transport_aérien #scandinavian_airlines

Destination finale... #Kosovo ? #Moldavie ?

#Chinua_Achebe Revisiting #Sweden
▻http://africasacountry.com/chinua-achebe-re-visiting-sweden

In October-November 1988, Chinua Achebe travelled through #Scandinavia to launch the translations of his novel Anthills of the Savannah into Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish, and to meet readers, writers and academics, most of them well-known with his works, some not at all. He treated each group with the same respect and with inquisitive curiosity. ‘Why […]

#BOOKS #HISTORY