In a first official mention, Sweden's civil defense minister Carl-Oskar Bohlin attributed a cyberattack on a heating plant in western Sweden in 2022 to a pro-Russian group linked to Russia's security services. The cyberattack coincided with reports of coordinated cyberattacks in Poland in December 2022 targeting heat and power plants. Bohlin stated that cyberattacks in Sweden and Poland are aimed at critical infrastructure with potentially serious societal consequences. The attacks are part of a broader wave of sabotage and malign cyber activities exceeding 150 incidents across Europe since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022. Officials see these attacks as attempts to undermine Ukrainian support and spread fear in Europe, draining investigative resources. Prior Russian denials of sabotage campaigns in Europe contrast with evidence of incidents such as water utility attacks in Denmark and arson in Latvian railway infrastructure believed to serve Russian interests.

In a first official mention, Sweden's civil defense minister Carl-Oskar Bohlin attributed a cyberattack on a heating plant in western Sweden in 2022 to a pro-Russian group linked to Russia's security services. The cyberattack coincided with reports of coordinated cyberattacks in Poland in December 2022 targeting heat and power plants. Bohlin stated that cyberattacks in Sweden and Poland are aimed at critical infrastructure with potentially serious societal consequences. The attacks are part of a broader wave of sabotage and malign cyber activities exceeding 150 incidents across Europe since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022. Officials see these attacks as attempts to undermine Ukrainian support and spread fear in Europe, draining investigative resources. Prior Russian denials of sabotage campaigns in Europe contrast with evidence of incidents such as water utility attacks in Denmark and arson in Latvian railway infrastructure believed to serve Russian interests.