# Fact: Finland's state IT provider Valtori restricted public traffic to government web 

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Finland's state IT provider Valtori restricted public traffic to government web services from 12:45 local time on 21 October as a precaution Who says it, its status (reported), its sources, and its timeline from publication to this site.

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# Finland's state IT provider Valtori restricted public traffic to government web services from 12:45 local time on 21 October as a precaution

**Who says it:** Yle; Helsinki Times, quoting Valtori · **Sources:** [Yle](../../sources/yle-finland-government-sites-shut/index.html) [Helsinki Times](../../sources/helsinkitimes-finland-shutdown/index.html)

## Fact-check

**A2** Reported●●○○○○ · Event · verdict: **holds**

Helsinki Times carries Valtori restricting incoming public traffic from 12:45 local as a preventive measure; Yle (STT copy) and the Reuters factbox corroborate the precautionary Valtori shutdown but not the 12:45 time. The time rests on one secondary outlet, so A2; status "reported" fits.

| Capture checked | Result | What it says | sha256 of the text read |
|---|---|---|---|
| [helsinkitimes-finland-shutdown](../../sources/helsinkitimes-finland-shutdown/index.html) | carries | *Valtori, began restricting incoming public internet traffic at 12.45 pm local time to protect government systems against potential cyberattacks.* | 524315badf6e5633 |
| [helsinkitimes-finland-shutdown](../../sources/helsinkitimes-finland-shutdown/index.html) | carries | *Valtori stressed that the shutdowns were preventive measures rather than a response to a confirmed cyberattack or data breach.* | 524315badf6e5633 |
| [yle-finland-government-sites-shut](../../sources/yle-finland-government-sites-shut/index.html) | partial | *Finland's public internet web services were being taken offline on Wednesday as a precautionary move against a critical security vulnerability* | 720785d651f827be |
| [yle-finland-government-sites-shut](../../sources/yle-finland-government-sites-shut/index.html) | partial | *According to Valtori, services began being shut down in the early afternoon.* | 720785d651f827be |
| [reuters-factbox-websites-offline](../../sources/reuters-factbox-websites-offline/index.html) | partial | *State IT centre Valtori shut down the government's public web services on Wednesday as "a precautionary measure."* | d562e28995b00a19 |

Open tickets: [Finding-68](../../factcheck/index.html#Finding-68).

Graded in Run-1, resting on captures up to 2026-10-22 11:32 UTC. The scale is on [the fact-check page](../../factcheck/index.html#ladder).

## This fact over time
- 2026-10-21Yle publishes [Finland temporarily shuts down government websites as a precaution for critical vulnerabilities | Yle News | Y](../../sources/yle-finland-government-sites-shut/index.html)
- 2026-10-21Helsinki Times publishes [Government websites shut down in Finland over critical security flaws - Helsinki Times](../../sources/helsinkitimes-finland-shutdown/index.html)
- 2026-10-22 11:28 UTCSaved into the evidence vault: Helsinki Times
- 2026-10-22 11:32 UTCSaved into the evidence vault: Yle
- 2026-10-22Enters this site as reported in v0.2.0 (reconstructed from git)

Published: when the source says it was published. Saved: the first capture into the evidence vault. The rest are this site: the release in which the fact first appeared and every release that changed its wording, sources or status.

## What it rests on

## Where this fact appears

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And on [every claim](../../claims/index.html#fi-offline).

## Every version of this fact
v1 · site v0.2.0 · 22 October 2026 · reported
```
Finland's state IT provider Valtori restricted public traffic to government web services from 12:45 local time on 21 October as a precaution
Who says it: Yle; Helsinki Times, quoting Valtori
Status: reported
Topic: impact
Sources: yle-finland-government-sites-shut, helsinkitimes-finland-shutdown
```


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