Poland investigates cyber-attack on rail network

Polish quality services are investigating a hacking onslaught connected the country's railways, Polish media say.

Hackers broke into railway frequencies to disrupt postulation successful the north-west of the state overnight, the Polish Press Agency (PAP) reported connected Saturday.

The signals were interspersed with signaling of Russia's nationalist anthem and a code by President Vladimir Putin, the study says.

Poland is simply a large transit hub for Western weapons being sent to Ukraine.

Saturday's incidental occurred erstwhile hackers transmitted a awesome that triggered an exigency stoppage of trains adjacent the metropolis of Szczecin, PAP reported.

About 20 trains were brought to a standstill, but services were restored wrong hours.

Stanislaw Zaryn, a elder information official, said Poland's interior information work ABW was investigating. "For the moment, we are ruling thing out," helium told PAP.

"We cognize that for immoderate months determination person been attempts to destabilise the Polish state," Mr Zaryn added. "Such attempts person been undertaken by the Russian Federation successful conjunction with Belarus."

A fig of Western countries person called for accrued cyber-security precautions arsenic the Ukraine struggle unfolds.

Some experts person said Russia is carrying retired cyberattacks successful Ukraine successful an evident effort to trial its hacking tools.

Russia has antecedently called specified allegations "Russophobic".