“These kinds of attacks happened, are happening and will happen. They aim to damage the image of the country by creating a feeling of insecurity” stressed the general secretary of Telecommunications and Posts Athanasios Staverisspeaking on the SKAI 100.3 show “One of the South, two of Chios” with Noti Papadopoulos and Vasilis Chiotis for cyber attack that the Theme Bank also received todayresulting in the creation of problem with the promotion and graduation exams in schools.

Mr. Staveris emphasized that “from the time of the attack, we acted immediately and implemented a form of protection against attacks. These attacks are widespread, across Europe, we are not the only victims. They are everyday.”

Referring to the specific attack that the Topic Bank received, he emphasized that it may have been started by a person who distributed it to 114 countries, to semi-illegal servers who then activated it. 60 million clicks were made on the server in ten minutes. It doesn’t seem to be one of those attacks that ask for liters. They are attacks that damage the image of a country, creating a feeling of insecurity among citizens. The first aim of the attack is to create fear in the students and they are trying to stress them out.”

Regarding the actions taken to block the attack, Mr. Staveris emphasized that “We have now implemented an umbrella of protection that cuts through malicious attempts to penetrate the Subject Bank and recognizes and leaves normal ones. What we’ve done now is we’ve covered what we saw to be unprotected and now we’re looking to see if there’s something else hidden to cover that as well. it’s our job to ensure that the site performs as it should.

Referring to the cyber attacks that are taking place worldwide, he emphasized that “in the last 3 years, these attacks have increased all over the world. No one can say that their systems are 100% safe. Look at the attack that took place a while ago on the US NSA who have the most technologically advanced of all of us and this one on liquid fuel pipelines. This is not going to stop. Attacks like this happened and will happen.”

Finally, to inform citizens to avoid cyberattacks, he said that »user education very important. Most attacks come, 90%, from user or employee errors. We all need to be educated, because a large part of our lives is done via the internet, with payments, etc.”

The investigations of the Electronic Crime Prosecution are in full progress

Meanwhile, investigations by the Cybercrime Prosecution Directorate are in full swing. Experienced police officers gather evidence, while findings may be confiscated, so that ELAS can identify and arrest the perpetrators.

It is recalled that there was an order from the prosecutor of the Supreme Court, Isidoros Dogiakos, who forwarded it to the head of the Athens First Instance Prosecutor’s Office, Antonis Eleftherianos, requesting the assistance of the Electronic Crime Prosecution.