A whole nation is hacked!

A whole region is hacked!

Political analyst Asen Zenov is furious. This week hackers released their personal information online. Not only him, more than five million people in Bulgaria, like him, have been victims of cyberattacks. Their personal information is freely available online. Information experts say that stealing so many people's personal information together in one country means that a whole nation is hacked.

The Balkan state of Bulgaria has a population of about 1 million. There are more than one million active adult people among them. The hackers have seized the personal information of the citizens of the country by hacking the computer system of the income tax office of the country. The public is in panic, the government is in danger.

"We should all be angry," said Genov, who was angered by the theft of personal information. All information is online, including our date of birth, home address, bank account number. Everyone is getting this information freely. I guess it's not just happening in Bulgaria. "

Experts say the government's database is very attractive to hackers. Citizens have a lot of information in these databases, which can then be put to 'use'. "You can further protect your account by making your password more complex," said Guy Bunker, a cybersecurity expert, and chief technology officer at Clearswift, a UK-based cybersecurity firm. But the information that the government has, it will not change much. As such, your date of birth will not change, you will not change the house tomorrow. That means, there is a lot of information that will have its usefulness in the future. There are many people, for whom this information will remain unchanged for 3 years, 5 years and even 20 years. '

European Union (EU) countries have introduced stringent laws last year to protect data. The law also provides for punishment for misuse of information. Experts believe that the Bulgarian government itself has stood in the questions for not protecting citizens' information since then. A spokesman for the country's national revenue department declined to comment. However, the personal information protection commission of Bulgaria said they have taken initiative to investigate the incident.

The Bulgarian government is very stressed about this matter. It is not yet known who is involved in the hack. Police have arrested a 25-year-old cybersecurity guard.

The hackers hacked the personal information of more than 2 million current and retired military personnel by hacking the database of the US Army Retired Officers' database 25 years ago. It was the first cyberattack on a large database.