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Hackers Drained BGN 1 Million from a Bulgarian Company
The General Directorate for Combating Organized Crime (GDBOP) is investigating a case where hackers have drawn 1 million leva from the accounts of a Bulgarian company. This was announced by the head of the Cyber Crime Department in the Yavor Kolev Directorate interview for Trud daily.
Greek Facebook to crack down on fake news ahead of EU polls
As part of efforts to crack down on fake news and misinformation in the runup to European Parliament elections this month, social media giant Facebook has partnered with the Greek organization Ellinika Hoaxes to boost fact-checking on its Greek platform.
Brussels says social media must tackle fake news as Euro polls approach
Google, Facebook and Twitter have to do more to tackle fake news ahead of key European Parliament elections next month, the European Commission said on Tuesday, as its latest report showed a lack of progress in some areas.
EC’s April Fools hoax meant to warn against fake news
In a bid to raise awareness and encourage caution against fake news, the European Commission's office in Athens said it intentionally leaked a report on Monday that the European Union imposed a fine on Greece for introducing daylight saving time on Sunday.
EC's Greece office leaked reports of EU fine for time change to raise awareness of fake news
Media reports about the European Union imposing a fine on Greece for introducing Daylight Saving Time on Sunday was leaked intentionally to raise awareness and encourage caution opposite fake news, the European Commission's office in Athens said in a statement.
Maria Gabriel: 75% of Young People Do Not Recognize Fake News
''Europe is taking small steps to fight fake news, but the road is very long.'' How to recognize fake news commented Maria Gabriel, European Commissioner for Digital Economy and Digital Society, in the morning block of the Bulgarian National Television.
Maria Gabriel said that every month the results of the fight of social networks with fake news are reported.
Copy-paste journalism
The reporting of news has changed drastically in the internet age. It is not just fake news - the deliberate misinformation of people - that is flourishing and shaking the very foundations of Western democracies; it is also, unfortunately, the recycling and reproduction of inaccurate reports, which is mainly due to journalists' laziness and the lack of any obligation to verify the facts.
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Russian embassy in Greece rejects meddling allegations
The Russian embassy in Greece on Wednesday rejected allegations of meddling in Greece's domestic affairs, raised by the US Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt during an event on disinformation campaigns, describing it as "fake news."
Phone Scammers Made a 71 Year Old Man Handing them 91,000 BGN
Sofia Police Breaks up Phone Fraud for over BGN 100,000
The Fraud Squad, the National Police and Sofia Police Department have broken up a phone fraud that has been going on for almost a month, said the press office of the Ministry of the Interior.