PM introduces the first level of alarm about the terrorist threat in cyberspace

Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki introduced the first level of the terrorist threat in cyberspace (ALFA-CRP), informed the Ministry of Digitization. The cyberspace alert results from an internet attack on Ukrainian government sites. The first level of the alert introduced on Tuesday will apply throughout the country until the end of the week (Sunday, January 23, 23:59).

Ukraine fell victim to cybercriminals – in the largest incident in several years, nearly 70 government websites were blocked. As a result of this attack, access to the Diia platform – the equivalent of the Polish mObywatel application – was also cut off and malware was used to destroy data on infected devices, as quoted by the Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center.

The CRP alert level is introduced in the event of a terrorist threat that concerns the ICT systems of public administration bodies or systems that are part of the critical infrastructure.

(PAP)