According to reports in the Polish media, the country’s second, third and fourth best-selling newspapers, Super Express, Gazeta Wyborcza and Rzeczospolita, as well as the best-selling weekly news magazine Polityka and news sites wPolityce and Niezalezna were hacked.
In a statement made by wPolityce on Twitter, “A DDoS hacking attack against our website continues. According to the information obtained from the Polish Ministry of Digital Affairs, Russian hacker groups are behind the attack.” expressions were used.
In Gazeta Wyborcza’s statement, it was stated that the website was operating much slower than usual today, “We apologize for these problems. The Ministry of Digital Affairs has confirmed that a DDoS attack has been made on our website.” statements were included.
The targeted media outlets represent different political views. While wPolityce and Niezalezna support the ruling party, Gazeta Wyborcza strongly criticizes the government.
Polish official news agency PAP also published a news announcing that technical research will be carried out on the subject.