Poland boosts AI border security, leads cyber threat detections

Polish armed forces are developing autonomous AI systems to monitor and defend the eastern border, aiming to reduce reliance on foreign suppliers and replace soldiers in direct contact zones. The Centre for Artificial Intelligence Implementation (CISI), part of the Cyber Defence Component (DKWOC), oversees trials with the 18th Mechanised Division and other units, stressing the need for cyber‑secure hardware.

In the same period, ESET’s Threat Report H1 2026 placed Poland at the top of global rankings in six cyber‑threat categories, including first place for downloader detections and CloudEye threats, and high positions for email, web, ransomware and RDP attacks. The report identified over 25,000 suspicious AI‑based code snippets and discovered PromptSpy, the first known Android malware using a Gemini model. Analysts also noted a sharp rise in the ClickFix phishing technique.