Deputy Minister of Digitization Dariusz Standerski said that Every day, Poland refutes from 20 to 50 attempts to violate critical infrastructure, most of which are stopped. The latest budget act provides for an increase in funds for cybersecurity from EUR 600 million in 2024 to EUR 1 billion. According to officials from Warsaw, Poland is the most common goal of Russian cyber attacks in the European Union, although about 99 percent can be repelled. these attempts.
Standerski noted that despite effective defense, Several attacks – mainly on hospitals – were successful. In two or three cases, medical facilities had to temporarily suspend their activitiesand hackers gained access to medical data.
Russian cyber attacks for Polish infrastructure
Deputy Minister of Digitization revealed that last month a burglary attempt was supported by Russia, whose goal was to cut off water supply to a large city. Dariusz Standerski described this as one of the largest hacker operations since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
For security reasons, he did not provide in which city the incident occurred, but he explained that It was about one of the ten largest cities in Poland. The perpetrators managed to penetrate the institution's IT network, but they were stopped before they could turn the water to the inhabitants.
Supreme support for cybersecurity activities
Dariusz Standerski He also emphasized that The government was satisfied. This is particularly important in the context of a strongly polarized political scene in Poland.
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Strengthening the protection of critical infrastructure is not only aimed at protecting against subsequent attacks, but also building the state's resistance to future threats from cybercriminals.
