Cyberwarfare

The C.I.A. developed tools to spy on Mac computers by injecting software into the chips that control the computers’ fundamental operations, according to the latest cache of classified government documents published on Thursday by WikiLeaks.

Moscow has urged US intelligence services to provide a detailed and open response to WikiLeaks' accusations of CIA hacking activities as #Vault7 constitutes a serious threat to international security, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.

NATO's Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe has declared that alleged Russian meddling in the US election could be considered an "act of war" and prompt a military response.

BELGRADE - The Tanjug News Agency has lately been targeted by DDoS hacker attacks not limited to taking down its website, but also aimed at disabling its IT system.

Telekom Srbija has said the attacks were not easily detectable.

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The websites of the Montenegrin government and several state institutions, as well as some pro-government media, have been targeted with increasing numbers of cyberattacks in recent days, the government in Podgorica told BIRN.

The Single Social Security Entity (EFKA) is suffering from organizational and administrative chaos, according to the federations of social security employees POPOKP and POSE-IKA.

The unions have called a work stoppage from noon to the end of the shift on March 2, warning that the organizational problems will increasingly start to impact on services for Greek citizens.

The Turkish President's Office has launched an initiative to gather all cybersecurity work under its roof in a bid to boost measures in the field in the aftermath of the July 15, 2016 coup attempt. 

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.

A total of 948 people have been arrested in Turkey for their status on Facebook and Twitter between the terrorist act at the Beşiktaş stadium on December 10, 2016 and February 6. 248 remain in custody, reported BGNES.

The remaining 700 have been released but must sign in regularly at police stations.

Switzerland has almost 800 years of peace. Its is famous for its watches, its chocolates and -of course- its banking system. But what not many people know is that Switzerland has a quite strong military force based on the mandatory national service of its citizens.