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The Lithuanian Foreign Ministry is cooperating with its Polish counterparts in response to this disinformation attack.
The Foreign Ministry draws attention to the recent escalation of information and cyber-information attacks aimed at undermining friendly relations between Lithuania and Poland and blackmailing the Lithuanian and Polish peoples.
The information attack, distributed after breaking into the Tygodnik Solidarność news portal, announced that Polish President Andrzej Duda, along with Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabriel Landsbergis, had used the services of a prostitute.
Screenshot of Tygodnik Solidarność Information attack on A.Dudas and G.Landsbergis
The copycat article states that the woman, in addition to prostitution, also works in the Polish army and is often “invited” to participate in international meetings with various high-ranking officials.
Jacek Kucharczyk, who lives in Poland and runs one of the most active NGOs, Instytut Spraw Publicznych 15 minutes He told her that the disinformation failed to spread within Poland.
“The article ‘Tygodnik Solidarność” appeared very briefly and was immediately removed. Although the highest Polish officials were allegedly quoted in that bogus publication, I did not find any indication of it in other media, “said Kucharczyk.
According to the public figure, the article failed to spread on social networks; search engines can only find some hints about it on Twitter. All traces of this misinformation have been removed from Facebook immediately.
According to the interlocutor, the news portal that hosted the disinformation is part of the Polish provincial media, but it is not the strongest player on the market.
“There are very few people reading this news portal. It is considered marginal. I don’t think even pro-Polish citizens consider it a serious source,” Kucharczyk said.
The Seimas Chancellery reported late Friday that false information had been distributed using the name of Aušrinė Noreikienė, Member of Parliament, Lithuanian Peasants and Greens Union, and that his mailbox or computer had not been hacked.
“The Seimas Chancellery reports that the mailbox or computer of the Seimas member has not been hacked. The organizers of the informative attack used the name of the Seimas member, illegally indicating her email address as the sender of these letters,” they say the communication representatives of the Seimas Chancellery.
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