{"id":208686,"date":"2026-10-23T15:11:24","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T12:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/208686\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T15:18:50","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T12:18:50","slug":"kubrakou-reports-surge-in-cyberattacks-targeting-interior-ministry-this-year","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/208686\/","title":{"rendered":"Kubrako\u016d reports surge in cyberattacks targeting interior ministry this year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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October 23, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Belarusian Interior Minister Ivan Kubrako\u016d has reported a steep increase in cyberattacks targeting the police agency, claiming that the number of \u201cexternal threats to the interior ministry\u2019s infrastructure\u201d has risen tenfold this year compared with 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking at the ministry\u2019s board meeting on Friday, Kubrako\u016d noted that technological advances combined with the expansion of the ministry\u2019s digital infrastructure had resulted in growing \u201cexternal destructive pressure\u201d and exposure to cyberattacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kubrako\u016d played up the ministry\u2019s countermeasures, including the establishment of “cybersecurity centers,” which he said had helped prevent major attacks on internal information systems and the loss of data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kubrako\u016d recalled that Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka had recently amended his 2004 public security directive to make information security the government\u2019s key priority alongside law enforcement and countering \u201cextremism.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The interior ministry\u2019s website, like other government and many state media sites, is currently inaccessible to foreign users without a VPN. Meanwhile, exiled independent media outlets continue to report frequent cyberattacks, especially around major political events related to Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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