Poland says she thwarted the main electronic attack targeting water supply – national star-news.press/wp

After his frustration after infiltration, the Deputy Prime Minister said that the large Polish city could have cut off the water supply on Wednesday as a result of an electronic attack.

In an interview with the news portal on Thursday, Deputy Prime Minister KRZYSZTOF GAWKOWSKI, also the Minister of Digital Affairs, did not specify who was behind the attack or the target city.

Poland said its role as a center for help in Ukraine makes it a target of Russian electronic attacks and sabotage. Gawkowski has described Poland in the past as the “main goal” of Russia among NATO countries.

Gawkowski One told that the electronic attack could have meant that there would be no water in a major city of Poland.

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“At the last minute, we were able to see it that when the attack began, our services were discovered about it and closed everything. We were able to prevent the attack.” He said that Poland managed to thwart 99 percent of electronic attacks.

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GAWKOWSKI last year that Poland will spend more than $ 3 billion Zlotys ($ 800 million) to enhance cybersecurity after the Government News Agency was exposed to what the authorities said it is possible to be a Russian electronic attack.

The Ministry of Digital Affairs did not immediately respond to an email requesting more details.

On Wednesday, Prime Minister Donald Tusk, who warned that Russia was trying to lead a wedge between Warsaw and Kiev, said that a Ukrainian young man had been arrested due to sabotage on behalf of foreign intelligence services, including writing graffiti columns.

PAP reported on Thursday that a 17 -year -old Ukrainian man detained, among other things, to desecrate a memorial to the column who was killed by Ukrainian nationalists in World War II, who was charged with participating in an organized criminal group aimed at crimes against Poland.