The EU and NATO country Poland is increasingly the target of cyberattacks. The government in Warsaw suspects the activities of Russian and Belarusian secret services.
According to government sources, Poland’s secret services have broken up a ring of saboteurs who were allegedly planning cyberattacks in the country on behalf of Russia and Belarus. The group’s goal was to obtain information that could be used to blackmail individuals and institutions, said Digitalization Minister Krzysztof Gawkowski in Warsaw. “It was about both extorting money and forcing cooperation.”
The suspects had primarily targeted authorities and state-owned companies, the minister continued. He cited a hacker attack on the Polish anti-doping agency Polada as an example. Gawkowski did not provide any information on how many suspected perpetrators were involved in the ring or how many arrests were made.
According to Gawkowski, 400,000 cases of suspected cyberattacks were reported in the first half of the current year. This is significantly more than in the whole of 2023, in which 370,000 such attacks were reported.
Poland is one of the most important military supporters of Ukraine, which is being attacked by Russia. The EU and NATO country also plays an important role as a logistical hub for Western aid to Kyiv. Russia therefore views Poland as an enemy.
Source: Stern
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