Polish politicians hit by ‘large-scale’ cyberattack, Russia blamed

guest · Jun 18, 2021

Polish politicians hit by ‘large-scale’ cyberattack, Russia blamed
EU diplomat says attack carries hallmarks of Russian-sponsored entities.
June 18, 2021
https://www.politico.eu/article/polish-politics-hit-with-by-cyberattack/

Poland’s top politicians and officials have been subject to a “wide-ranging” cyberattack that the country says originated from Russia.

“The most important Polish officials, ministers and deputies of various political parties were subject to a cyberattack,” Jarosław Kaczyński, Poland's most powerful politician and chairman of the Committee for National Security and Defense Affairs, said in a statement.
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An investigation by Polish and “allied” security services found that “the cyberattack was carried out from the territory of the Russian Federation. Its scale and range are large,” Kaczyński said.

According to an EU diplomat with knowledge of the incident, the “operational and technical analysis carried out by Polish national cybersecurity incident response teams confirmed that the infrastructure and modus operandi used during cyberattacks were the same as those used by Russian-sponsored entities.”

“On Friday, Poland handed over to the EU Member States, the European Commission and the Council a document on the details of cyber attacks carried out in recent days,” the diplomat added.
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