Nordnet could face penalty payment of millions over technical incident

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A Nordnet customer had an order placed on someone else's account on Tuesday when the investment platform was hit by a security flaw.

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The investment service outage that lasted for hours is over. Information security expert Petteri Järvinen urges Nordnet customers to check their accounts.

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The first reports of security problems on Nordnet's website and app came at 11:10 a.m. Tuesday morning.

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Nordnet shuts down after customers access wrong accounts

Investment platform Nordnet has temporarily shut down its website and mobile app after customers reported being able to access other users' accounts. The company confirmed the issue on Monday, stating that it took immediate action as a precaution. "We take these reports seriously and are investigating the problem," said Johan Tidestad, Nordnet’s Head of Communications, in an interview with Helsingin Sanomat.

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For about four hours, Nordnet customers were unable to log in to the digital bank. The reason the company shut down the system was due to several worrying alarms. – We

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The IT problem with Nordnet's investment service yesterday is now being investigated with data protection authorities and the Financial Supervisory Authority.