HELSINKI, July 2 (Xinhua) -- Finland should accept NATO's offer to join the military alliance's cyber defense cooperation, Defense Minister Jyri Hakamies said on Thursday.

    Finland is a highly developed information society and therefore vulnerable to cyber attacks, Hakamies said.

    "This cyber is the kind of thing where it is good to be involved because that is how one acquires the best and newest information," Hakamies was quoted by Finnish defense forces paper Ruotuvaki as saying.

    Last year, NATO established a cyber defense center in Tallinn, the capital of Estonia after the country fell prey to a sustained string of cyber attacks following the relocation of a Soviet war memorial in the capital.

    NATO had approached Finland with an opportunity to take part in cyber warfare training and the country should accept NATO's offer, Hakamies said.