It seems like the guys who siphoned information out of the Democratic National Committee have been getting the same kind of emails from the Defense Minister, the Labour Party and the Foreign Minister of Norway. And there were others.... [http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/02/03/norway-russian-hackers-hit-spy-agency-defense-labour-party/97441782/ ]
From all indications security companies have been posting, Fancy Bear and Cozy Bear are both Russian intelligence services, either directly or paid by them. They regularly go after NATO countries so Norway is probably not surprised by anything they have seen. There is a good story by the Guardian [Cozy Bear and Fancy Bear: did Russians hack Democratic party and if so, why? ] that explains the relationships and mentions FireEye's Mandiant and CrowdStrike reports on both.
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