{"id":602223,"date":"2026-11-12T10:23:31","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T07:23:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=602223"},"modified":"2026-11-12T10:33:09","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T07:33:09","slug":"they-wanted-to-paralyze-government-operations-in-december-poland-says-it-has-prevented-cyberattack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/they-wanted-to-paralyze-government-operations-in-december-poland-says-it-has-prevented-cyberattack","title":{"rendered":"They Wanted To Paralyze Government Operations In December. Poland Says It Has Prevented Cyberattack"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>The cyber incident that affected Poland&#8217;s ePUAP administrative services platform two days ago was part of preparations for a more serious attack. Polish Digital Affairs Minister <b>Krzysztof Gawkowski<\/b> said this in an interview with TVP Info.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the ePUAP service has not yet been fully restored. Work is underway to ensure its security in the future.<\/p>\n<p><i>\u201cWe already have confirmation of this. We know what plan was being implemented. In other words, we already have indications that they wanted to paralyze the work of government administration in December. Those who infiltrated the system, those who wanted to examine it, those who had a specific plan \u2014 as we can see from the examination of the logs \u2014 were essentially preparing for a particular moment, a kind of administrative bomb intended to paralyze the work of Polish officials during the difficult month of December. And we can already say this: we prevented an attack that could have paralyzed the administration and communication within it in December,\u201d<\/i> he said.<\/p>\n<p>Gawkowski clarified that the attack could at least have seriously disrupted the work of the Polish administration. In December, final documents are prepared and exchanged ahead of the holidays. He also recalled that an attempt was made to attack Poland&#8217;s energy sector before Christmas last year.<\/p>\n<p><i>\u201cRemember, last year, in December, before Christmas and New Year, there was an attack on Poland&#8217;s energy sector, and today there are many indications that certain groups were preparing to paralyze the administration,\u201d<\/i> he said.<\/p>\n<p>Gawkowski noted that the attack had originated abroad. The Internal Security Agency has already joined the investigation. He declined to identify the suspected source of the attack, as its organizers may have used VPN services. The minister promised that information would be made public as soon as the actual source of the attack was established.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The cyber incident that affected Poland&#8217;s ePUAP administrative services platform two days ago was part of preparations for a more serious attack. Polish Digital Affairs Minister Krzysztof Gawkowski said this in an interview with TVP Info. According to him, the ePUAP service has not yet been fully restored. Work is underway to ensure its security [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":518296,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/6af56bb961967.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"They Wanted To Paralyze Government Operations In December. 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