Polish officials blame Russian domestic spy agency for Dec 29 cyberattacks


FILE PHOTO: Silhouettes of laptop users are seen next to a screen projection of binary code are seen in this picture illustration created on March 28, 2018. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

Jan 30 (Reuters) - Russia's domestic spy agency ‌was likely responsible for cyberattacks late last month on 30 Polish renewable energy facilities, a manufacturing firm and ‌a plant supplying heat for nearly 500,000 customers, Polish officials said on Friday.

A report by Poland's Computer Emergency ‌Response Team on the incident - which a Polish minister said was the worst of its kind in years - pointed to a team of hackers from Russia's Federal Security Service, known by its Russian acronym FSB.

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