Polish Pilecki Institute Websites Hacked With Russian Propaganda
Steady2 outlets reported this in 2 reports over 2 days
Fri, 14 August 2026Sat, 15 August 2026
What it is about
Who published it, and when
original reportfirst to report
RMF24 (Poland)
Kyiv Post (Ukraine)
14 Aug, 16:14over 18 hours15 Aug, 10:19
How it spread - 2 original reports
Fri, 14 August 2026
1 report- RMF24 (Poland)16:14first to report
Cyberatak na Instytut Pileckiego. „Treści wymierzone w polską historię”
Sat, 15 August 2026
1 report- Kyiv Post (Ukraine)10:19
Hackers breached the websites of the Witold Pilecki Institute in Poland, along with its branches in Berlin and Augustów, posting Russian propaganda and anti-Ukrainian narratives. The institute announced on Friday that its IT team blocked the overnight attack, took the sites offline, and secured the archives. A security review is currently underway. The incident follows a separate, massive cyber breach involving the medical records of nearly 19 million people from the provider MyDr, which Polish...