WARSAW, May 18 that her website was allegedly attacked from Russia.
«There is a hacker DDoS attack on the site wpolityce.pl, which leads to temporary problems with opening the site. According to information received from the Ministry of Informatization, Russian hacker groups are behind the attack. Other Polish portals were also attacked,» it says in a message from the editorial staff on Twitter.
The Polish agency itself does not publish information on the alleged Russian DDoS attack on its resources.
At the same time, users on social networks report that problems also arise with the websites of other leading Polish publications, such as Super Express, Gazeta Wyborcza and Rzeczospolita.
The West has repeatedly accused the Russian Federation of interfering in internal affairs and cyberattacks. Russia denied all accusations, saying that the Western countries did not provide any evidence. Moscow has repeatedly stated that it is ready for a dialogue on cybersecurity.
In early spring, a failure occurred in the work of the Polish portal podatki.gov.pl, where legal entities and individuals fill out tax returns. Janusz Cieszynski, Plenipotentiary Representative of the Government of Poland for Cyber Security, accused the Russian intelligence services of a hacker attack on the website. The Ministry of Finance of Poland on the same day reported that the interruption in the operation of the portal was not the result of a hacker attack, but due to a technical error.