In Norway and Sweden, false mobile telephone base stations of unknown origin have been discovered in government quarters. In both cases the media, not the authorities, has been behind the discovery.
The question is who? And why?
The prime suspect is Russia. Lately, the country has been military active in the Scandinavian neighbourhood. And what good are military provocations, if you cannot get feedback about the reactions?
Another possibility is the US and the NSA. If they can listen in on German politicians–why not Norwegian and Swedish ones?
Then there is a chilling possibility that national intelligence organisations are spying on their own governments. (The Swedish police has got the equipment to set up false base stations. Probably the Norwegian has, as well.)
These days it’s not a given who is friend or foe.
/ HAX
IMSI catchers have been found in Finland as well.
But in contrast to Sweden and Norway, those were spotted by the Finnish Security Police and not by media, so the extent of the surveillance is less known and less details have been made public.