Cyberattacks on Polish Government?

Details are scant at best but news is coming out of Poland of a series of cyberattacks against Polish networks last month [via InfoWar Monitor]:

Polish Government Sustains Cyberattack

Computer servers at Polish government institutions sustained a coordinated cyberattack in September, which allegedly came from sources in Russia.

The daily Rzeczpospolita reports that the details of the attack are secret, but that they are suspected of having come from Russian computers. The attack took place during a particularly heated moment, at the beginning of the month, around the visit of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to Westerplatte for the commemoration of the outbreak of World War II.

Despite the details of the attack remaining classified, the daily reports that the attack was intended to hit several servers in Polish governmental institution, though it was not entirely successful as the Internal Security Agency (ABW) was able to block the virtual intruders. Currently, the ABW maintains a strict ‘cyberpatrol’ of 50 federal and regional government institutions.

Pawel Bialek, deputy head of the ABW, announced the attack to the press, but did not disclose details.

The original report is here; a Google translation here.

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