Poland’s state registry temporarily blocked by cyber incident therecord.media/poland-pe…

A suspected cyberattack disrupted Poland’s state registry systems on Wednesday, hampering access to key government services, local media reported. The incident temporarily blocked access to the country’s PESEL registry, a central database that stores personal information such as names, birthdates and addresses, and is used to verify identities across healthcare, taxation and other public services.

The ministry said that while access to some services was affected, no data had been compromised. Local media cited a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack […]

Cyberattacks targeting state registries have become increasingly common in Eastern Europe. In December, suspected Russian hackers breached Ukraine’s registry infrastructure, halting services for weeks. In January, Slovakia’s land registry was hit by what officials called the most severe cyberattack in the country’s history.