At EU summit, leaders condemn cyber attacks on Poland
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According to a recent report submitted to the European Commission, “The European Council condemns recent harmful cyber activities against Member States, including those in Ireland and Poland. It invites the Council to examine appropriate measures within the toolbox for digital diplomacy.”
In the document, seen by PAP, Poland says it has become the target of a sustained campaign of cyber attacks focused against parliamentarians and authorities.
Polish authorities also stress that since many EU countries are already targets of attacks and many may become so soon, the EU should respond in a coordinated manner. Poland calls on the Council to hold a ministerial debate on how to respond to attacks in order to minimize the risks involved.
Poland in the document also points out that operational and technical analysis conducted by Poland’s national cybersecurity incident response teams confirmed that the infrastructure and modus operandi used during the cyberattacks were the same as those used by Russian-sponsored entities.
The authors of the document indicate that the seized email accounts of parliamentarians and government representatives, and sometimes journalists, are used to take over social media accounts, especially on Facebook and Twitter, and publish falsified statements and disinformation on them.
They also report that the recent attack on the head of the CPRM, Michał Dworczyk, and his family was used to publish stolen and falsified messages and documents in the messenger Telegram; the attack has a Russian origin. They also point out that many of the published documents contain Russian metadata that indicates forgery.
