{"id":40712,"date":"2025-11-29T12:33:52","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T10:33:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/?p=40712"},"modified":"2025-11-28T12:29:24","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T10:29:24","slug":"hybrid-attacks-against-europe-russian-hacker-arrested-in-poland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/international-threats-en\/europe\/hybrid-attacks-against-europe-russian-hacker-arrested-in-poland\/","title":{"rendered":"Hybrid attacks against Europe: russian hacker arrested in Poland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A russian citizen was arrested in Poland on suspicion of hacking IT systems of several Polish companies. According to Polish law enforcement, the hacker attempted to gain access to corporate databases \u2014 a key target in most russian cyber operations.<\/p>\n<p>\u25ab\ufe0fPoland records the highest number of cyberattacks among EU countries. Up to 4,000 incidents are detected daily, about 1,000 of which pose a real threat. Critical infrastructure is most often targeted.<\/p>\n<p>\u25ab\ufe0fPolish authorities link most attacks to pro-russian groups. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Digital Affairs, Krzysztof Havkowski, stated directly: \u201cPoland is in a state of hybrid war with russia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u25ab\ufe0fDespite a record \u20ac1 billion cybersecurity budget, Poland faces internal vulnerabilities \u2014 outdated software and a shortage of specialists. Meanwhile, NATO, even with sufficient resources, largely maintains a passive defense. russian hackers exploit this to intensify attacks, testing Europe\u2019s cyber resilience.<\/p>\n<p>This situation calls for a proactive NATO approach to russian actions in cyberspace \u2014 updating outdated rules, strengthening cyber defense structures, and allocating additional resources.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A russian citizen was arrested in Poland on suspicion of hacking IT systems of several Polish companies. According to Polish law enforcement, the hacker attempted to gain access to corporate databases \u2014 a key target in most russian cyber operations. \u25ab\ufe0fPoland records the highest number of cyberattacks among EU countries. Up to 4,000 incidents are&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":40713,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"default","_kad_post_title":"default","_kad_post_layout":"default","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"default","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"default","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","wds_primary_category":932,"footnotes":""},"categories":[932],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-europe"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40712"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40712\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}