- Posa announces that he suffered a data violation
- The agency says it closed its IT systems after the alert
- The privileged information claim incident was due to the email commitment
The Polish Space Agency (Posa) has confirmed that it recently suffered a cyber attack that forced it to disconnect it from the infrastructure.
The agency confirmed the attack through an X position, in which it said that the relevant authorities have already been notified.
“There has been a cybersecurity incident in Posa,” says the publication of X translated by machine. “Relevant services and institutions have been informed. The situation is being analyzed. To ensure data after hack, the Posa network was immediately disconnected from the Internet. We will keep you informed. “
Russia is accused
Such a short announcement left a lot of space to speculate, and surely, some media began to discuss whether it was a ransomware attack. After all, it is a standard practice in ransomware attacks to disconnect the affected infrastructure from the Internet, to avoid data leaks and quickly cut connections with any persistence mechanism.
However, an anonymous source said The registration that Posa’s emails were committed and told the staff to use telephones for communication, instead of emails.
Later, the news was confirmed by Poland Digitalization Minister Krzysztof Gawkowski, who said the Polish government was involved in “intensive operational activities” to understand who the attackers are. Gawkowski added that Polsa was helping the two teams for the country’s computer security incidents, CSirt Nask and Csirt Mon.
The identity of the threat actors, or the objective of the attack, is not known at this time. PakGazette He informs that Warsovia has “repeatedly” accused Moscow to try to destabilize Poland due to the military support he is providing Ukraine, with whom Russia is at war at this time.
Russia has denied all accusations, PakGazette aggregate.
Posa supported Poland’s participation in the projects of the European Space Agency (ESA), including participation in the exomars mission and the development of satellite technologies. Polsa also played a role in the launch of the first scientific satellites in Poland, such as PW-SAT and Brite-PL, which focused on mitigating space debris and star research.
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