Poland
POL
Unauthorized radio-stop commands interrupt Polish rail passenger and freight traffic
At 21:23 on August 25, 2023 an unauthorized party transmitted railway emergency-stop radio commands into PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe traffic-control communications near Szczecin. More than 20 trains were delayed and freight traffic was temporarily suspended until shortly before 02:00. The event involved radio-command spoofing rather than demonstrated penetration of a corporate IT network.
72
Estimated severity
72 / 100
91
Source reliability
91 / 100
Approximate Date
2023-08-25
Targeted Company
PKP POLSKIE LINIE KOLEJOWE
Targeted Company Supply Chain Impact
Distribution & Fulfillment
Procurement & Sourcing
Production & Manufacturing
Sales (Retail & Ecommerce)
Warehousing
Service Delivery
Unrecognized Impact
Supply Chain Relations
No information
Geographic Impact
Country Targeted Company
Other Affected Countries
No other affected countries reported
Target country
Poland
Affected countries
Poland
Impacted regions
West Pomeranian Voivodeship · Poland
Operational Impact
Duration
No information
Financial impact (USD M)
No information
Impact types
Logistics delayTransportation disruption
Affected sectors
Transportation
Affected departments
Logistics & Transportation
Attack Profile
Attack types
ICS/OT compromise
Attributed threat actors
No information
Sources
Incident Sources
kurier-kolejowy.plhttps://kurier-kolejowy.pl/aktualnosci/43199/pkp-plk--nieuprawnione-nadanie-sygnalu-radio-stop.htmlpap.plhttps://www.pap.pl/aktualnosci/nieuprawnione-nadanie-sygnalu-radio-stop-na-kolei-zachodniopomorska-policja-wyjasniapolskieradio.plhttps://www.polskieradio.pl/399/7977/artykul/3230760%2Cabw-ustala-przyczyny-nieuprawnionego-wykorzystania-kolejowego-systemu-lacznosci