Norwegian Nobel Institute website hacked

The Norwegian Nobel Institute's website was Tuesday subjected to a hacker attack, the online edition of the Aftenposten daily reported.

Online visitors risked downloading a so-called trojan, a type of malware, to their computers, according to telecommunications group Telenor's security group.

The attack was traced to an IP (Internet Protocol) address in Taiwan but it was possible it had been re-routed there, the Telenor Security Operation Centre said after investigating a user complaint.