Warsaw police stopped a Toyota on Senatorska Street and found three Ukrainian men who appeared nervous. The men, aged 43, 42, and 39, claimed they were just passing through Poland on their way to Lithuania. Officers conducted a thorough search of the vehicle and discovered numerous suspicious items that could be used to interfere with strategic IT systems and break into telecommunications networks.
Among the items seized were advanced hacking tools, including a Flipper Zero device, which is described as a portable multi-tool for pentesters and geeks capable of hacking digital systems like radio protocols and access control. Police also found a K19, a counter-surveillance tool used to detect various signals, GPS trackers, hidden cameras, and strong magnetic fields. Additional seized equipment included antennas, laptops, routers, portable hard drives, cameras, a large number of SIM cards, and spy-device detectors.
The men, who claimed to be IT experts, were unable or unwilling to adequately explain the purpose of the sophisticated equipment found in their possession and tried to evade officers’ questions. Investigators decrypted the seized devices to gather more information. The items found in the car are considered tools adapted for committing crimes, specifically attempting to damage computer data of particular importance to national defense.
The three suspects face serious charges, including fraud, computer fraud, and obtaining devices and computer programs adapted for committing crimes, which includes attempting to damage sensitive national-defense IT systems. The case materials have been forwarded to the Warsaw Śródmieście-Północ District Prosecutor’s Office as the investigation continues.
A court has ordered three months of pretrial detention for the suspects while the police continue to investigate various scenarios, including the timing and reason for the men’s arrival in Poland. The authorities are focused on determining the full scope of the men’s intentions and activities related to the country’s sensitive IT infrastructure.
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