Hackers access wastewater facility in Wydminy, Poland
Reportedon one origin only: 1 distinct origin, 1 tied to no party.
The dataset records that the Cyber Army of Russia Reborn, a group Wired reported is linked to Russian military hackers, infiltrated a wastewater facility in the Polish village of Wydminy. It codes the incident as sabotage (attempt), apparent goal compromise public utilities; disrupt daily life, target public services, location Poland; the dataset dates it only to January 2024, so the date shown is the first of the month. The Leiden dataset includes incidents linked to Russia by officials, incidents fitting a pattern of officially suspected attacks, or incidents backed by journalistic evidence, and its authors call the data speculative and subject to change.
- When
- 1 January 2024
- Where
- Wydminy, Poland
- What
- cyber
- Acting party
- Government of Russia
- Attribution
- Attributed by independent sources. Listed as a Russian operation in the Leiden University Russian Operations Against Europe dataset; the dataset and the source it cites link the incident to Russia.
- In the record
- Published 2026-10-27 21:03 UTC · revision 1 · leiden
Sources
- Evidence Leiden University, Russian Operations Against Europe dataset
- Evidence Wired
History
| When | Field | From | To | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-27 21:03 UTC | status | null | reported | P1 leiden: researched from cited sources and graded by the one rule |
Cite or reuse
The War Record, "Hackers access wastewater facility in Wydminy, Poland", ev-20261027-ps3w, revision 1, https://thewarrecord.com/events/ev-20261027-ps3w/