Polish prime minister says his party was targeted in cyberattack ahead of election
- Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced that his Civic Platform party was targeted in a cyberattack before the presidential election on May 18.
- Jan Grabiec stated that the cyberattack attempted to take control of employees' computers for about a dozen hours on Wednesday.
- The frontrunner, Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski, has been polling around 35%, with other candidates below this.
- Grabiec noted that in past cases, Belarusians have infiltrated Poland's systems on behalf of Russian intelligence services.
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Poland's Tusk cites foreign interference after party hit by cyberattack
The IT systems of Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk's Civic Platform party have been hit by a cyberattack, he said on Wednesday, amid growing concern that foreign actors may try to disrupt the country's elections this year.
"Foreign interference has begun" in Poland's presidential election, Donald Tusk warns after major cybersecurity incident - HotNews.ro
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced on Wednesday that his Civic Platform (PO) party had suffered a cyberattack that he attributed to "foreign interference", with presidential elections in May on the horizon, AFP reports. Authorities…

Polish prime minister says his party was targeted in cyberattack ahead of election
The Polish prime minister says his centrist political party was the target of a cyberattack, and suggested that it could have been interference by Russia ahead of Poland's presidential election next month.
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