WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The Poland cyberattacks surge shows no signs of slowing, with the country recording 2½ times more cyberattacks in 2025 than the year before. A government official said the numbers keep climbing.

Among the incidents was a destructive breach of Poland’s energy system in December. Officials described it as unprecedented among NATO and EU members, and said they suspect it originated in Russia.

Poland faced roughly 270,000 cyberattacks over the past year, a figure that Deputy Minister of Digital Affairs Paweł Olszewski announced Tuesday, underscoring just how sharply the Poland cyberattacks surge has accelerated.

“We’ve been waging a war in cyberspace for many years now,” Olszewski said. “The number of incidents and attacks has been increasing significantly and radically year after year.”

Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s government has moved to strengthen the country’s cyber defenses in response to the ongoing Poland cyberattacks surge, stepping up those efforts after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022.

Polish officials view Russia as a growing and persistent cyber threat, and the government has increased its efforts to protect the country’s critical infrastructure as a result.