US EditionPolish Cops Bail 20-Year-Old Bedroom Botnet Operator
- Military Counterintelligence Service detained a long-serving Ministry of National Defense employee on February 3, 2026, at ministry headquarters in Warsaw, Onet reported.
- A months-long counterintelligence investigation documented the suspect's contacts with operatives from eastern intelligence services, leading to his detention, security sources say.
- The 60-year-old official was identified as a long-serving employee who began work in the 1990s, held mid-level roles in the Department of Strategy and Planning, and faced workplace and residence searches with interrogation by security services.
- The Military Counterintelligence Service, with Military Police and the National Prosecutor's Office, stated prosecution proceedings are underway and further arrests cannot be ruled out.
- Amid broader tensions over espionage, Poland as a hub for aid to Ukraine has become a key target for Russian espionage, and last year Law and Justice called to move the Russian embassy in Warsaw, located around 500 metres from the defence ministry.
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The man has been under investigation for several months. Polish counter-intelligence services arrested a suspected man on 3 February...
A long-time civilian employee of the Polish Ministry of Defense was arrested on Tuesday at work on suspicion of spying for Russia and Belarus. On the same day, the district court in the city of Zamość sentenced 50-year-old Paweł K., who offered himself as an informant for the Russian secret services, to three and a half years in prison.
A civilian employee of the Ministry of Defence has been arrested in Warsaw. According to a Polish news portal, the man was spying for Russia. Further arrests are not excluded.
Poland Arrests Defense Ministry Veteran Over Suspected Ties to Russian and Belarusian Spies
A long-serving official at Poland’s Ministry of National Defense has been arrested on suspicion of collaborating with Russian and Belarusian intelligence, according to an official statement released by the ministry on February 3. The arrest took place earlier that morning at the ministry’s headquarters. The case is currently being handled by Poland’s Military Counterintelligence Service in cooperation with the Military Police and the National Pr…
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