In early 2006, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) sued the telecommunications giant AT&T on charges that in 2002 it has helped the United States’ National Security Agency (NSA) in the …
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“State Hackers” from Bulgarian National Security Agency Caught with Pants Down by Canadian Lab
The Bulgarian server with the spyware virus Fin Fisher, detected two years ago in the Ministry of Public Administration, has an IP address belonging to DANS. This emerged from the …
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What Happened to Petko Sertov? Since Friday, December 5, the small intelligence community in Sofia is paralyzed by the vanishing of one of its most prominent members. At the age …
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InvestigationsThe "Bad Apples" Banks
Bulgarian Central Bank Begins Complex Probe in Private Lender FIB
The Bulgarian Central Bank (Bulgarian National Bank – BNB) is launching an emergency probe in First Investment Bank (FIB). This was announced Thursday through an official statement from the supervising …
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THUGS’ COMPANIES SOLD RADIOACTIVE ROCK FOR INFRASTRUCTURE AND HOUSING CONSTRUCTION
Tens of thousands of metric tons of radioactive inert materials have been obtained and used illegally in construction. Roads, buildings and infrastructure are built with rubble and gravel from uranium …
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“BUDDHA” RECRUITER POPPED UP AS “EXPERT” FOR THE PARTY “VOX POPULI”
Too many ex-Communist State Security (DS) agents and generals vacillate around “Vox Populi” (Voice of the People) Mladen Georgiev, exposed by Bivol as a recruiter of Boyko Borisov – agent …
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BULGARIA’S STATE AGENCY TECHNICAL OPERATIONS WANTS TO SNOOP EVEN THROUGH SMALL INTERNET PROVIDERS
A copy of the letter sent from the State Agency Technical Operations (DATO) to providers In the last few days a surprisingly large number of small internet and telecommunication services …
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Roma Criminal Boss’ “Emergency Contacts” from the Customs Are Topnotch, Exemplary Employees
The Customs Agency denied access to information whether the Customs officers from the infamous notebook of Roma clan boss Tsar Kiro had probed the latter’s factory producing illegal alcohol in …
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CommentsInvestigationsSnoopingWIKILEAKS
Bulgarian Ministry of Transport Conceals Results of the Probe in the FinSpy Server
Three weeks after WikiLeaks exposed the Bulgarian government in being a client of the Dreamlab company for the aggressive spyware FinSpy, there is still no response from institutions about who …
