New Delhi, April 12 -- The Finnish security and intelligence service (Suojelupoliisi: SUPO) made a rare appeal to the public to bolster cyber-security efforts on March 10. The organization had noted an increase in cyber espionage utilizing Finnish infrastructure to give the appearance that an attack had originated in Finland. The SUPO stated that the cyber espionage divisions of intelligence services in authoritarian states, in particular, have manipulated hundreds of network devices and servers owned by individuals and companies in Finland by connecting them into an espionage infrastructure.

As a result, the SUPO urged the general public to improve router protection by restricting external access to the router control panel through the ...