Russia has made “thousands” of attempts to interfere with European rail networks in a campaign to destabilise the EU and sabotage critical infrastructure, according to the Czech Republic’s transport minister.
Martin Kupka told the Financial Times that Moscow was suspected to have made “thousands of attempts to weaken our systems” since Vladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
The hacking campaign included attacks on signalling systems and on the networks of the Czech national railway operator ?eské dráhy, Kupka said. Past attacks have put ticketing systems out of service and raised concerns about successful interference with signals causing serious accidents.