Security

Five people were detained on Tuesday afternoon after about 70 hooded individuals hurled stones, sticks and other objects against riot police officers outside the Athens University of Economics and Business in central Athens.

A video showing a police special guard pointing a revolver at a group of unidentified people during a clash in the grounds of the Athens University of Economics and Business went viral on social media on Monday.

The case against the NRA's complaint against the fine of BGN 5 million and 100 thousand, due to the personal data leakage of millions of Bulgarians, starts on Monday. The Revenue Agency is appealing the Commission's data protection act back in September, NOVA TV reports

The government is mulling a regulation that will suspend the voting rights of shareholders facing charges, such as the allegations against Dimitris Koutsolioutsos, the main stakeholder in jewelry company Folli Follie, on a recommendation by Capital Market Commission head Vassiliki Lazarakou.

The Hellenic Police said on Saturday that 167 people had been arrested over the previous two weeks in Athens for drug dealing, theft and the sale of contraband cigarettes and other goods.
The arrests took place across the capital following inspections on a total of 6,759 people.

Just over half of Cypriots stated they are well informed to protect themselves from cybercrime, a Eurobarometer released by European Commission on Wednesday showed.

Yesterday, the European Commission released its latest survey on Europeans' attitudes towards cybercrime.

At least three Greek government websites were targeted by the global hackers' group Sea Turtle in April of last year, Kathimerini understands.

The aim of the hackers was to steal employees' passwords and gain access to the internal networks of sensitive state services.

In June 2019, in the last days of Pavel Filip's Democratic Party government, an journalistic investigation done by media outlet RISE Moldova revealed that the Interior Minister had authorized special surveillance actions on 52 members of the pro-European opposition, civil society members and journalists.

In the wake of a barrage of attacks by hackers against Greek state websites, government sources have indicated that some of the systems being used for the protection against cyber attacks are outdated, underlining the need for more robust security.