The Polish government said on Tuesday it had evidence linking the Russian secret services to a recent cyberattack on thousands of email accounts and social networks of politicians, public figures and others.
The spokesman for the minister who coordinates Polish intelligence agencies, Stanislaw Zaryn, said the attack was part of a campaign of political destabilization in central Europe. He added that the Internal Security Agency and Polish military intelligence determined that the perpetrator of the attacks was the UNC1151 group.
“The services have information confirming the links of the attackers with the activity of the Russian special services,” Zaryn said in a statement.
About 100 of the more than 4,300 affected accounts in Poland belong to active or retired members of the government, legislators and local officials, Zaryn said.
Weeks ago, it was revealed that there were cyberattacks on the private email and social media accounts of Michal Dworczyk, head of Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki’s office, and of Dworczyk’s wife.
Dworczyk says his account did not contain confidential information.
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