Cyberspace

One family believes an online game led a 16-year-old girl to commit suicide. The game is called "Blue Whale" and it reportedly incites players to take their own lives, according to WNCN and CNN, quoted by Vesti.bg.

It's still not clear if the game really exists or not.

Police have closed down and evacuated Egaleo station on the Athens metro system in response to an anonymous bomb threat.

A man reportedly called Zougla.gr news website earlier Wednesday claiming a device will explode at 6.15 p.m.

The station will remain closed until experts give the all-clear.

BELGRADE - Along with terrorism and stability of energy supplies, cybersecurity is one of the most significant global challenges facing us today, Serbia's Acting Assistant FM for Security Policy, Ambassador Branimir Filipovic, said on Tuesday.

The EU has been repeatedly "called out" by Belgrade for failing to react to statements made by Ramush Haradinaj.

This topic has now been addressed by Federica Mogherini's spokeswoman.

A global cyber attack use hacking tools believed to have been developed by the U.S. National security Agency (NSA) hit tens of thousands of computers worldwide, reported Reuters.

The cyber hackers tricked victims into opening spam emails which appeared to contain security warnings, job offers and invoices.

At least 20,000 women are working as online sex workers in Turkey, earning up to 4,500 Turkish Liras per month, daily Habertürk has reported. 

Speaking to the newspaper, the administrator of one such website, identified only by the initials A.K., said he employed 600 women as sex workers using either webcams or written messages, earning an average of 26 liras per hour.

Bread prices will go up if the price of natural gas rises by 30% in April, warned the chairman of the Regional Union of Bread Producers in Burgas Dimitar Ludiev.

Over 60% of bread producers in the country depend on the price of the blue fuel. They are still not ready to react and have not drafted estimates.

The government and the Central Election Commission are developing options in order to react to emergency situations during the preparation and holding of the snap elections on March 26.

All risks in the days before the vote and on election day itself are being evaluated, specified deputy PM Stefan Yanev.

General Directorate Combating Organised Crime (GDBOP) has warned on its website that, in the last 3-4 days, cyber criminals have been sending e-mails with a warning that a law suit is about to be initiated. The attachment to the e-mails, however, contains a virus which compromises the computer system and "steals" personal data and passwords.

The State e-Government Agency of Bulgaria has officially launched its own website.

E-gov.bg is designed to take over the management of state registers and services.

One of its structures (the Bulgarian Computer Security Incidents Response Team or CERT) also manages cybersecurity or, having processed 188 alerts about online breaches since the year began.