At first, it was assumed that the website’s downtime was caused by a technical error, as the Finance Ministry informed the Polish Press Agency.

However, on Wednesday, Janusz Cieszynski, government commissioner for cyber-security, said that the activity of the Russian secret services caused the shutdown.

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“The Russians were responsible for yesterday’s attack. We have information that makes it very likely that it was them” – he told a private broadcaster Polsat News.

According to Polish authorities, access to the tax site was blocked, and users were denied service. It was explained that the attack generated a lot of artificial traffic on the website, but no data was stolen.

The site is now back up and running normally.

Author: Patrycja Bodzek-Kurzyńska

Photo: PAP