Polish game developer Big Cheese Studio was hit by a hacker attack early on 24 January, its management confirmed to the Polish Press Agency (PAP).
The attack happened around 0400 GMT and the company's website was still down as of 1123 GMT. Big Cheese Studio has taken security measures and will make an official statement later on Friday, PAP wrote. It also reported, citing users on social media platform X, that the hackers had gained access to the company's game code systems and personal data
Poland’s security services reported that they had broken up an alleged cyber sabotage group linked to Russia and Belarus that had attempted to “paralyze” the country through cyberattacks. The group, whose members were not publicly identified, extorted information from Polish local government agencies and state companies related to military and security matters, Poland’s Minister of Digital Affairs, Krzysztof Gawkowski, said during a press briefing on 10 September 2024. He referred to the group
Cyber threat actors operating with interests aligned to Belarus and Russia have been linked to a new cyber espionage campaign that likely exploited Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Roundcube webmail servers to target over 80 organizations. According to investigators, these entities are primarily located in Georgia, Poland, and Ukraine and attributed the intrusion set to a threat actor known as Winter Vivern, also known as TA473 and UAC0114. The cybersecurity firm tracks the hacki
Several Polish media and news websites were hit by distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks that the government said could be the action of Russian hacking groups, the digitalization minister was quoted as saying on 18 May. Warsaw has positioned itself as one of Ukraine's staunchest allies since Russia invaded the country, and Poland says it frequently faces Russian attempts to destabilize the situation in the country. Moscow has consistently denied that it carries out hacking operations.
An ongoing disinformation campaign called "Ghostwriter," which leverages compromised social media accounts is targeting several NATO member countries in Europe. Ghostwriter is attempting to undermine confidence in the defensive organization as well as spread discord in Eastern Europe. Researchers who uncovered the campaign in July 2020, have now documented an additional 20 incidents related to the cyber operation, including at least one earlier in 2021.
The Ghostwriter campaign is primarily a
