2024-05-04 09:53 update: 2024-05-07, 15:13
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Poland has expressed solidarity with Germany and the Czech Republic in connection with cyberattacks carried out by a Russian hacker group.
On Friday, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said that Russian hackers were behind last year's cyberattack, which targeted the Social Democratic Party (SPD), which leads the country's governing coalition.
She added that the investigation supervised by her ministry showed the cyberattacks had been carried out by the APT28 group, which is steered by the Russian military intelligence service GRU.
On the same day, the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that some Czech institutions had also been the target of cyberattacks by a group linked to the GRU.
The Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said in a statement on Saturday that "Poland stands in solidarity with Germany and with Czechia following the malicious cyber campaign against their political parties and democratic institutions."
"Both countries have publicly attributed the responsibility to the Advanced Persistent Threat 28 controlled by the Russian Federation," the statement added.
MFA also said that Poland, being also among the targets of APT28, "strongly condemns the repetitive and unacceptable malicious cyber campaigns conducted by the Russian actors" and called on Russia "to adhere to the principles of responsible behaviour in cyberspace."
Given the continuous rise of the cyber threats, Poland is committed to protecting national critical infrastructure, building resilience and bolstering cyber defences," the statement added. (PAP)
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