Security

Greece's Supreme Court Public Prosecutor Isidoros Dogiakos ordered an investigation into a cyber-attack on the data bank providing the school exam questions, with the assistance of the Police's Cyber Crime Unit.

The Greek Research and Technology Network (GRNET) is strengthening its systems to prevent new cyber attacks like the one that caused chaos during Monday's school exams, a spokesperson announced.

The massive influx of up to 280,000 connections per second from unrelated sources blocked access to the exam platform.

The Interior Ministry has implemented extensive security measures across Türkiye to ensure the smooth conduct of the presidential runoff election.

Caretaker Prime Minister Ioannis Sarmas urged his ministers on Saturday to identify and mitigate potential problems that could emerge while carrying out their duties in the first full-length meeting of the caretaker cabinet at Maximos Mansion.

Danilo Stevandi, the State Secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, told RTS that from tomorrow, there will be an increased presence of police officers at the elementary school "Vladislav Ribikar", where classes start.

On the proposal of the VJT in Smederevo, the court ordered the custody of R.B. (54) father of Uro B., who killed eight and wounded 12 people in the territory of Mladenovac and Smederevo, for up to 30 days.
This was confirmed to Tanjug in that prosecutor's office.

Dutch MEP and president of the spyware investigation committee Sophie in 't Veld presents draft findings of the inquiry in Brussels, November 2022. Photo: EPA-EFE/OLIVIER HOSLET

Perpetrator still unknown

The attacks of August 22 last year compromised a string of public services, including the websites of the government and the Revenue and Customs Administration.

According to the Ministry of Public Administration, 17 "information systems" in 10 institutions were infected, with 150 computer directly affected.

Jelena Lakievi, Head of the Department of Weapons from the Administration for Administrative Affairs of the MIA, points out that during this period, citizens who surrender unregistered weapons will not be held criminally liable, nor will they bear any consequences, and they do not have to prove the origin of the weapons.

The fire service has responded to a fire that broke out in an abandoned building near Syntagma Square in the center of Athens.

Fifteen firefighters with five fire engines are currently taking part in the operation to extinguish the fire.

As a result of the fire, there is a disruption of vehicle traffic on Karagiorgi Servias street.