Russia has tripled the resources of its military intelligence service dedicated to cyber operations against Poland this year, Polish officials said.
According to Reuters, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Digitalization Krzysztof Gawkowski stated that Poland has become one of Russia’s main cyber targets among NATO member states.
“The activity of Russia is the most serious because it targets critical infrastructure necessary to maintain normal life,” he said.
Gawkowski noted that out of 170,000 cyber incidents recorded since the beginning of the year, a significant portion has been linked to Russian actors, while others were financially motivated.
On average, Poland detects between 2,000 and 4,000 cyber incidents daily, of which 700 to 1,000 are considered serious threats.
According to Reuters, Polish intelligence services have observed an expansion of hostile cyber activity beyond traditional targets such as water supply and sewage systems to include the energy sector.
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Gawkowski confirmed that “foreign adversaries” are now focusing on infrastructure essential to Poland’s national resilience.
Polish authorities also recalled a major coordinated attack on September 10, when Russia’s drone activity coincided with one of the largest cyber offensives against Poland since 2022.
The country’s digital networks were flooded with false claims alleging that Ukraine had launched drones to provoke war. Gawkowski explained that dormant online bots were reactivated to amplify these disinformation messages.
Officials in Warsaw told Reuters that Russia’s cyber operations are part of a broader strategy to undermine Poland’s security, given its firm support for Ukraine.
Earlier, in August 2025, pro-Russian hackers breached a small hydropower plant near Gdańsk for the second time, disrupting its control systems by remotely manipulating operational parameters.
