Robert Wainwright

Tanjug is reporting on Monday that Rob Wainwright also warned that Bulgaria and other European countries are facing the threat of terrorism.

He was speaking at the opening of an Europol meeting held in the framework of Bulgaria's EU presidency.

,,About 30,000 people in Europe are potentially part of terrorist communities'', Rob Wainwright Europol director told bTV. According to him, Bulgaria and all countries in Europe are threatened by terrorism.

A Bulgarian institution became a victim of the global cyber attack, reported BNR.

The services working against crimes in Internet in MIA (the Ministry of Internal Affairs) are already notified.

At the moment MIA does not claim which is the affected by hackers Bulgarian institution.

It is expected that the global hacker attack which happened on Friday to hit with a new power today, warned the Europol Director Rob Wainwright, reported BNR.

According to Europol, the cyber attack on Friday has affected at least 100 000 organizations in 150 countries.

''The global cyberattack has hit more than 200,000 victims in more than 150 countries'', Europol executive director Rob Wainwright said Sunday, AFP reported.

"We've never seen anything like this," he said. "The latest count is over 200,000 victims in at least 150 countries. Many of those victims will be businesses, including large corporations."

Europol Director Rob Wainwright said “Islamic State” terrorists were planning new attacks on Europe, while speaking to the “Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung.

Police raids across Greece last week smashed an international people trafficking ring that made $8 million in profit from smuggling Syrian migrants via maritime routes from Turkey to Greece, resulting in the arrest of 16 suspects, officials said late on March 17.

"Up to 5,000 EU citizens joined Islamic State"

LONDON -- Europol Director Rob Wainwright has said that the continent is facing its "greatest security threat in more than a decade."

This is because "as many as 5,000 EU citizens have joined fighting in Syria" and could pose a risk to their homelands if they return, Reuters reported.