SECURITY

Most commercial banks in Poland say they already have experience financing companies linked to the defence sector. Other financial investors are also becoming increasingly active, giving defence companies greater...

Poland is not Europe’s most heavily targeted country, but the cyber threat is clearly intensifying. Organisations in the country face an average of 1,854 cyberattacks per week, while government institutions are already repelling around 3,400 attacks every week. Over the past year, the number of attacks in Poland has increased by 15%. Check Point Research warns that ransomware and the growing use of artificial intelligence by cybercriminals are becoming particularly serious threats.

MyDr, a healthcare platform owned by the Docplanner group, has been targeted in a cyberattack. Polish authorities are investigating indications of possible unauthorised access to the company’s systems, although there is currently no confirmation that patient or customer data were leaked. The incident comes as cyber threats against Poland’s healthcare sector continue to rise sharply.

A cyberattack on a Polish district heating plant serving around 50,000 residents exposed a previously unseen route into industrial infrastructure. According to CERT Polska, the attackers moved from compromised renewable-energy infrastructure through a private APN and cellular devices before reaching the plant’s OT network, where they forced industrial controllers into STOP mode and disrupted key technological processes.

Poland will need additional combat aircraft if it wants to establish air superiority over...