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Voice of America
02-03-2025
- Politics
- Voice of America
Cyberattack detected at Polish space agency, minister says
Polish cybersecurity services have detected unauthorized access to the Polish Space Agency's (POLSA) IT infrastructure, Minister for Digitalization Krzysztof Gawkowski said Sunday. "In connection with the incident, the systems under attack were secured ... Intensive operational activities are also underway to identify who is behind the cyberattack," Gawkowski wrote on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter. Warsaw has repeatedly accused Moscow of attempting to destabilize Poland because of its role in supplying military aid to its neighbor Ukraine, allegations Russia has repeatedly dismissed. The agency confirmed to news agency PAP that a cybersecurity incident had occurred. The situation is being analyzed, and in order to secure data, the POLSA network was immediately disconnected from the Internet, it told PAP. Last month, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk accused Russia of planning acts of sabotage worldwide that included 'acts of air terror' against airlines. Tusk made the statement at a news conference in Warsaw on January 15. 'I will not go into details, I can only confirm the validity of fears that Russia was planning acts of air terror, not only against Poland, but against airlines around the world,' Tusk said. The Kremlin has dismissed previous Western claims that Russia sponsored acts of sabotage and attacks in Europe. Western security officials suspect Russian intelligence was behind a plot to put incendiary devices in packages on cargo planes headed to North America, including one that caught fire at a courier hub in Germany and another that ignited in a warehouse in England last year. Some information in this report is from The Associated Press.
Yahoo
02-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Cyberattack detected at Polish space agency, minister says
WARSAW (Reuters) - Polish cybersecurity services have detected unauthorized access to the Polish Space Agency's (POLSA) IT infrastructure, Minister for Digitalisation Krzysztof Gawkowski said on Sunday. "In connection with the incident, the systems under attack were secured ... Intensive operational activities are also underway to identify who is behind the cyberattack," Gawkowski wrote on social media platform X. Warsaw has repeatedly accused Moscow of attempting to destabilise Poland because of its role in supplying military aid to its neighbour Ukraine, allegations Russia has dismissed. See for yourself — The Yodel is the go-to source for daily news, entertainment and feel-good stories. By signing up, you agree to our Terms and Privacy Policy. The agency confirmed to news agency PAP that a cybersecurity incident had occurred. The situation is being analysed, and in order to secure data, the POLSA network was immediately disconnected from the Internet, it told PAP.
Reuters
02-03-2025
- Politics
- Reuters
Cyberattack detected at Polish space agency, minister says
WARSAW, March 2 (Reuters) - Polish cybersecurity services have detected unauthorized access to the Polish Space Agency's (POLSA) IT infrastructure, Minister for Digitalisation Krzysztof Gawkowski said on Sunday. "In connection with the incident, the systems under attack were secured ... Intensive operational activities are also underway to identify who is behind the cyberattack," Gawkowski wrote on social media platform X. Warsaw has repeatedly accused Moscow of attempting to destabilise Poland because of its role in supplying military aid to its neighbour Ukraine, allegations Russia has dismissed. The agency confirmed to news agency PAP that a cybersecurity incident had occurred. The situation is being analysed, and in order to secure data, the POLSA network was immediately disconnected from the Internet, it told PAP.
Yahoo
20-02-2025
- Science
- Yahoo
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket debris creates dramatic fireball over Europe, crashes in Poland (video)
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A SpaceX rocket stage fell to Earth early Wednesday (Feb. 19), blazing a trail of fire through European skies. Across the English region of Lincolnshire, the fireball was visible over homes, with locals posting images on social media, the BBC reported. "It was quite bright, so it does seem to have been quite a substantial object," astronomer Paul Money told the BBC. An early morning Reddit post showed the fireball over Berlin, and later on Wednesday, reports from Poland detailed a large object that fell from the sky outside Poznań, a large city in western Poland. Related: Kessler Syndrome and the space debris problem "Today, around 9:20 a.m., we received information from employees of one of the companies from Komornik near Poznań that, after starting work, they noticed an unspecified object resembling a reservoir on its premises," said Łukasz Paterski of the Poznań Police, according to a website that provides news for the city. "No one was affected as a result of this incident." The flaming debris was part of the upper stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that launched 22 of the company's Starlink internet satellites to orbit from California on Feb. 1, experts say. The Falcon 9 upper stage is expendable (unlike the rocket's first-stage booster) but is designed to be brought down in a controlled fashion shortly after launch. That didn't happen on this particular mission, however. "The Falcon 9 second stage from the Starlink 11-4 launch failed to deorbit itself on Feb 2. It reentered over Northern Europe last night, with entry over the Irish Sea at 0343 UTC Feb 19 and the reentry track extending to Poland and Ukraine a couple of minutes later," astrophysicist and satellite tracker Jonathan McDowell, of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, said via X early Wednesday morning. Related stories: — SpaceX launches 22 Starlink satellites to orbit from California (video) — Falling space debris is a growing worry for aircraft, new research suggests — Scientists call on UN to help solve Earth's space junk problem The Polish Space Agency (POLSA) confirmed that finding in a statement, noting an "uncontrolled entry into the atmosphere of a member of the FALCON 9 R/B launch vehicle — the object with the number NORAD/COSPAR ID 62878/2025-022Y — over Polish territory." "The part of the rocket, weighing about 4 tons, came from the SpaceX Starlink Group 11-4 mission, which took off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on February 1, 2025," the agency added (in Polish; translation by Google). Later, a second object that closely resembles the first was discovered in the forest near Wiry Village, about 19 miles (30 kilometers) from the first debris-landing site. "We cannot rule out that the object found near Poznań comes from the Falcon 9 rocket, whose flight we monitored," Agnieszka Gapys, press officer for POLSA, told Reuters on Wednesday. "Confirmation of this requires appropriate examination." Recently, a photo posted to X from a Europe-based reporter suggests that a third piece has been found. As of Wednesday afternoon, SpaceX had yet to release a statement on the debris. This story is still developing.
Saba Yemen
20-02-2025
- Science
- Saba Yemen
SpaceX rocket debris lands over Poland
Warsaw - Saba: The Polish Space Agency (POLSA) announced that debris from the Falcon 9 rocket of the American Space Exploration Technologies Corporation "SpaceX", in the west of the country. The agency said, in a statement on Thursday, that it recorded the uncontrolled return of one of the layers of the Falcon 9 RP rocket to the atmosphere over Polish territory. It added that the rocket layer, weighing about 4 tons, is from the "Starlink Group 11-4" mission Which took off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on February 1, and during the entry of debris into the atmosphere, light trails appeared in the sky. For its part, the Polish police confirmed that two unidentified objects fell near Poznan in the west of the country, a few kilometers apart, and the fall of the two objects did not result in any damage or injuries. Whatsapp Telegram Email Print more of (International)
