Stanisław Żaryn, spokesman for Poland’s security services chief, said the findings of Polish counterintelligence units “show that the target of the recent social engineering attacks was over 4,000 accounts of Polish e-mail users.”
Among the targets were over 100 accounts used by Polish public officials, according to Żaryn.
He added: “Among the attacked are members of the former and present government, deputies, senators, and local government officials. The attack affected people from various political backgrounds, as well as media and NGO workers.”
In a statement in English on the gov.pl website, Żaryn said: “All the information obtained so far indicates that the actions of the UNC1151 group, which have affected Poland in recent weeks, are part of the ‘Ghostwriter’ campaign, the aim of which is to destabilize the political situation in the countries of Central Europe.”
The cyber attacks against Poland will be discussed at a meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Brussels on Wednesday, Polish state news agency PAP has reported.
Attack aimed to ‘destabilize’ Poland
The head of Poland’s ruling conservatives said on Friday that top officials, ministers, and MPs in his country from various political parties had been targeted by a cyber attack launched from Russian territory.
Jarosław Kaczyński, leader of the governing Law and Justice party, said the attack aimed to destabilize Poland.
Officials said earlier this month that investigators were probing a hacker attack on the social media and email accounts of the prime minister’s top aide, Michał Dworczyk, amid suspicions that Russia was behind the incident.
Dworczyk said he considered the cyberattack to be a part of a wider “disinformation campaign” against Poland.
(pk)
Source: PAP