The figures come from a government report on Poland’s cybersecurity published by the digital affairs ministry, which recorded 682,000 reports and 273,000 handled incidents last year.
“2025 was a record year in terms of attacks and incidents affecting Poland,” Gawkowski told a news conference. “The digital war being waged against Poland by other states is becoming increasingly visible in the data.”
All three of Poland’s Computer Security Incident Response Teams (CSIRTs) reported increases, state news agency PAP reported.
The CSIRT GOV team, run by the Internal Security Agency (ABW), handled about 5,000 incidents, up 26 percent from a year earlier. CSIRT Polska, operated by the NASK National Research Institute, handled nearly 261,000 incidents, a rise of 152 percent, while the defence ministry’s CSIRT MON team dealt with around 7,000 cases, up 69 percent.
Gawkowski said about 97 percent of incidents involved fraud and social engineering, highlighting the growing use of digital tools to scam individuals, steal money and disrupt daily life.
He added that corporate and business security is also increasingly at risk, underscoring the need for closer cooperation with law enforcement, including the Polish police's Central Cybercrime Bureau (CBZC).
Authorities also see emerging threats linked to the growing use of artificial intelligence tools.
“We are seeing mass-generated, flawless messages online. Increasingly, we are observing deepfakes that are indistinguishable from real voice or video. Voice cloning has become routine in cyberattacks,” Gawkowski said.
In response, the government has developed a new national cybersecurity strategy, he said.
Support programmes for public institutions are ongoing, according to Gawkowski, and since the end of last year a national platform, cyber.gov.pl, has been available to citizens, businesses and public institutions to report incidents and access cybersecurity resources.
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Source: PAP