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Ukrainians detained in Poland with spy device detectors and hacking equipment

Затримані українці в Польщі з засобами для виявлення шпигунської техніки та хакерського обладнання. Photo: glavcom.ua

In Warsaw, law enforcement detained three Ukrainian citizens who were found with spy device detectors and hacking equipment. The detainees have been charged and a preventive measure of detention has been chosen. This is reported by the publication 'Glavkom' citing PAP.



Senior Sergeant Kasper Wojciechko from the central police station reported that the men were stopped during a check. In the car, besides the driver, there were two other men. It turned out that they are all Ukrainian citizens aged 43, 42, and 39.



The police thoroughly searched the vehicle and found items that could be used even for interference in the country's strategic IT systems, hacking IT and ICT networks. They seized, in particular, a spy device detector, modern hacking equipment, antennas, laptops, a large number of SIM cards, routers, portable hard drives, cameras, - the publication writes.


The prosecutor's office charged the detainees with fraud, computer fraud, and obtaining computer devices and programs, adapted for committing crimes, including the attempt to damage computer data that is particularly important for national defense.



The court granted the prosecutor's request and chose a preventive measure of detention for the men for a period of three months.



Identified saboteurs in Poland


Earlier it was reported that the special services and the prosecutor's office of Poland identified the saboteurs who on Saturday, November 16, planted and detonated explosives on the railway tracks in the village of Mika near Garwolin. They are Ukrainian citizens.



The detention of Ukrainian citizens in Warsaw and the identification of saboteurs in Poland indicates the activity of law enforcement agencies in combating crime, especially in the field of cybersecurity and national defense.