Poland takes ePUAP e-government platform offline after cyberattack

Security Affairs reports that Poland temporarily shut down ePUAP, the government platform citizens and businesses use to submit official documents, communicate with agencies and complete administrative procedures online, after detecting and stopping a cyberattack. A notice on the government's website says ePUAP electronic mailboxes are unavailable to citizens and public institutions.

Digital Affairs Minister Krzysztof Gawkowski said on X that the attack was detected and halted and that security teams took immediate action to maintain the system's stability. He said the infrastructure of the Central IT Center remains secure. Ministry spokesperson Marek Gieorgica told the Polish news agency PAP that the system had not been compromised or disrupted by the attack, and officials said the platform was taken offline as a precaution. The ministry has not given a timeline for restoring services, which will return once security experts complete their checks.

Authorities have not explained how the attack was carried out or who was behind it, and there is no public confirmation that attackers accessed government systems or stole data. The disruption could also briefly affect the Trusted Profile digital identity system. Security Affairs notes that Poland has faced several recent cyberattacks on government agencies, critical infrastructure and private companies.

Why it matters For organizations that depend on government portals, an outage of this kind can block filings and official correspondence even when no data loss is confirmed, so continuity plans should cover public-sector dependencies. For investigators, the open questions about the attack method, the actor and whether any access occurred remain unresolved in the reporting, and should be treated as unknown until official findings are published.