Computing

The 20-year-old computer specialist, arrested in connection with an unprecedented cyber attack against the National Revenue Agency, has previously attacked state institutions, bTV reports.

The detained for the National Revenue Agency attack man is a very educated and capable youth who wants to prove his skills and abilities to the public - that became clear from Prime Minister Boyko Borisov's comment at the beginning of the government meeting.

We have a suspect for the hacker attacks. He was detained yesterday afternoon. He works as a cyber security employee. In the framework of his duties, he tests vulnerabilities of different companies in order to prevent such attacks. " This was announced from Yavor Kolev, Head of the Cybercrime Department of the Directorate-General for Combating Organized Crime, in the show "Hello Bulgaria".

At the Prime Minister's disposal, a system review is performed to minimize attempts for new hacker attacks, writes NOVA TV. 

Perhaps the biggest leak of personal data in Bulgaria. That's how the 57-folder contains more than a thousand files that anonymous hackers sent to Bulgarian media on Monday. Upon reviewing the information, "Kapital" has opened databases with more than 1 million rows containing personal information like names, addresses, and even earnings.

The Federal Trade Commission has reportedly voted to approve fining Facebook roughly bn to settle an investigation into the company's privacy violations that was launched following the Cambridge Analytica revelations, The Guardian wrote.

Cyprus aims to be among the first countries to regulate aspects of Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT), Finance Minister Harris Georgiades said on Wednesday, addressing the Cyprus Blockchain Summit in Nicosia.

The cost of the government's handling of the power interconnection between Crete and Attica and the related clash with the European Commission is rising.

Johnny Ive, however, will not completely break his relationship with the company, writes NOVA TV. 

The man behind the emblematic designs of iPhone, iMac and iPad is leaving the Apple company, the BTA reported.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the leading social network is struggling to find ways to deal with "deepfake" videos that have the potential to cheat and manipulate users on a massive scale.

Zuckerberg said that Facebook is trying to determine whether "fakes" are different from disinformation and added that "there is a lot of evidence that they are," AFP reported.