Bulgaria First in the EU Will Offer Insurance Against Hacking Attacks

Bulgaria is the first country in Europe to offer insurance against hacking attacks. Both citizens and institutions and businesses will be able to benefit from the service. The IT sector has been pushing for more effective work between institutions and the private sector to prevent hacking attacks. One good example is Israel, where good public-private partnerships work. Yoana Milanova met with a leading cybersecurity expert in Israel, who described how in his country they manage to deal with cases such as the Bulgarian Revenue Agency.

BNT: How do you evaluate the unprecedented leakage of personal data in a hacking attack against the NRA?

Oren Elimelech - International cybersecurity expert from Israel: I know very little about the attack, I have not explored it in detail. But from what I know, this attack happened a few weeks ago, data was stolen and there was a leak.
BNT: Did you have a similar case in Israel and how did you handle it?

Oren Elimelech - International cybersecurity expert from Israel: There are many cases in Israel that are similar to this one. For example, just two days ago, such an attack occurred during the elections. Someone stole data from one of the parties and disseminated it publicly. What we do is help such a party or organization. We are trying to understand how the leak happened, collect this data and remove it from the Internet, which means we are investigating computers, the Internet, mobile devices, phone calls, laptops. We are looking for information on how the leak happened and where the data went. We are trying to find what is called "belonging", which is very difficult to do - to find the attack and how it is related to its...