Security News > 2021 > June > Major Cyberattack on Poland Came from Russian Territory: Kaczynski
A recent "Large scale" cyberattack targeting top Polish politicians was launched from Russia, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the leader of Poland's governing right-wing party, said on Friday.
"Analyses by our services and the secret services of our allies allow us to unequivocally say that the cyberattack was carried out from the territory of the Russian Federation," Kaczynski said in a statement.
"Poland's top officials, ministers, lawmakers of various political stripes were the subject of the cyberattack," he added.
Lawmakers of the EU member state held a closed-door session on Wednesday to discuss what government spokesman Piotr Muller had called an "Unprecedented" cyberattack.
Kaczynski, who is the head of the Law and Justice party, said a goal of the cyberattack was to "Destabilise our country."
Tensions have flared between Poland and Russia on several issues, including Moscow's 2014 annexation of Crimea from Ukraine and support for Belarusian strongman Alexander Lukashenko.