Hacker culture

Open call for applications for the European media hackathon to boost innovative synergy on the cutting edge of journalism and technologies

North Korean hackers have stolen £450 million in the world's largest cryptocurrency theft. The hacker group known as Lazarus is behind the 2017 WannaCry Ransomeware attack, which affected 200,000 computers worldwide, including those of the National Health Service.

Croatian news site Index.hr reported that the prime suspect for hacking the database of Croatia's telecommunication operator's, Tele Operator A1, exposing around 10 per cent of user data, is a 14-year-old primary school pupil from Slavonski Brod.

At the very start of the electronic population census in Bulgaria the e-census website was the target of a hacker attack.

Technology entrepreneurs from all over Turkey gathered in Istanbul over the weekend for the country's first hackathon for capital markets.

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.

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.

A platform called ""Time Is Brain," developed by researchers at the Institute of Computer Science (ICS) of the Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH), University of Crete, was awarded first prize at the first Hacking Health Hackathon (HHH) competition, it was announced on Tuesday.

Police have questioned witnesses as part of the investigation into a data breach affecting German politicians. The home of a 19-year-old man who had contact with the suspected hacker was also reportedly searched, reported DW.