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EU, at Poland's request, condemns Russia for cyberattacks

The EU's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, who issued the Friday statement on behalf of the bloc, said that malicious cyber activities had been observed in several member states, were collectively designated as 'Ghostwriter,' and associated them with the Russian state. Jason Szenes/PAP/EPA

At the request of Poland, the European Union in a Friday statement condemned the alleged Russian cyberattacks that targetted the member states.

PM announces cyber security service

Poland's prime minister on Tuesday announced the creation of a special service to counter cyber threats to the country.

West must respond decisively to Russian aggression - Polish official

There must be a decisive and joint response by Poland and countries from the West to all the displays of Russian aggression, said a spokesman for the Polish special services chief in a text published on the Ukrainian "StopFake" website on Friday.

Resignation of head of Prime Minister's Office was rejected by PM

The head of the Prime Minister’s Office said that he had offered his resignation to the head of the government on the day that cyber-attacks on his email and social media accounts were revealed, but it was not accepted, said the official on Monday.

Parliament email accounts also hacked in recent cyber attack

Poland’s Internal Security Agency has determined that the hacker campaign dubbed “Ghostwriter” had also penetrated the email accounts of MPs, a spokesman for the Polish security services chief said on Friday.

EU leaders to condemn cyber-attacks on Poland

EU leaders at a summit in Brussels have agreed to a Polish request to include criticism of recent cyber-attacks on leading Polish politicians in the meeting's conclusions, an EU source has told PAP.

US cybersecurity firm confirms Poland as subject of 'Ghostwriter' op

US-based cybersecurity firm Mandiant has told PAP that they have uncovered numerous activities against Poland within the framework of the 'Ghostwriter' operation, confirming earlier findings of the Polish services.

Over 4,300 Polish e-mail accounts attacked

A spokesperson for the Minister-Special Services Coordinator has said that over 4,350 e-mail accounts owned by Polish citizens have been hacked by the Russian security services

Gov't official demands correction from national daily

The head of the Prime Minister's Office has demanded a correction by the newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza of articles it wrote covering a cyber-attack on his private e-mail account.

EU countries express solidarity with Poland after email hacks

A number of EU member states have expressed solidarity with Poland after a recent spate of cyber-attacks against Polish politicians, the Polish ambassador at the EU has said.

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