Polish Minister of Digital Affairs Krzysztof Gawkowski said that Poland's critical infrastructure is undergoing an increasing number of cyberattacks from russia. And on September 10, when drones flew into the country, cyberspace was flooded with reports that Ukraine allegedly sent drones to start a war.
He said this in an interview with Reuters.
However, Gawkowski claims that of the 170,000 cyber incidents detected in the first three quarters of this year, a significant portion is attributed to Russian actors, while other cases are financially motivated, related to theft or other forms of cybercrime.
He said that in Poland there are between 2,000 and 4,000 incidents every day, of which between 700 and 1,000 "are taken up by us, meaning they posed a real threat or had the potential to cause serious problems."
He said foreign adversaries are now expanding their focus beyond water and sewage systems to the energy sector.
He did not give exact figures on russian activity and could not comment on russia's methods in Polish cyberspace. The information about russia's growing interference came from Polish intelligence.
The publication notes that earlier Polish officials also said that Poland, which is a staunch supporter of Ukraine, is russia's main target among NATO countries, and accused the kremlin of repeated attempts to undermine national security.
"Russia's activity is the most severe because it targets critical infrastructure essential to maintaining normal life," Gawkowski said.
According to him, the September 10 russian drone attack was followed by a related cyberattack on Poland, the largest since 2022, when the war in Ukraine began.
He said that the government saw from the early hours of the night that the drone attack was carried out from russia, while Polish cyberspace was flooded with false claims that Ukraine had sent drones to start the war. He added that bots that had been inactive for months or even years were reactivated for this purpose.
As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, on October 8, sites of Moldovan government agencies were subjected to a new DDoS attack. Some services may be unavailable due to the cyberattack.
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