Polish television reported that "hackers disrupted the online broadcast of the match between Poland and Austria in the UEFA Euro 2024 today, Friday, marking the second cyber attack targeting the Polish national football team during the tournament." It added in a post on X platform that "preliminary checks indicate that electronic hackers launched a denial-of-service attack by overwhelming the servers with a massive volume of traffic, preventing fans from watching the broadcast of the match that was held in Group D."
Polish television stated, "We apologize for the technical issues related to the online broadcast of the Poland vs. Austria match." It noted that an alternative website had been launched for fans to watch the game. A similar attack occurred on the live broadcast of the official television for the match between Poland and the Netherlands on Sunday. The official Polish television stated last Sunday that the attack was executed from an IP address located within Poland. However, the official television did not comment on the source of the breach on Friday.