After the complaint made by the European Commission before the alleged cyber attack that its president, Ursula von der Leyen, Bulgaria suffered, threw the possibility of investigating the case. Because?
The European Commission (CE) denounced a blockade in the GPS system of the plane in which the president was traveling, USRULA von der Leyenfrom Poland to Bulgaria and although from the organism they suspect with respect to a cyber attack, from Bulgaria they dismissed the alternative and even announced that they will not investigate the case.
For the European Commission, however, interference on the flight would have Russia as responsible. Arianna Podestá, the spokeswoman for the CE, had stated about the fact: “We can confirm that there were interference in the GPS, but the plane landed without incident,” and added: “We are very aware that threats and intimidation are a usual component of the hostile actions of Russia“
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It is believed that it is not an isolated event, but that after the support of von der Leven and the commission to Ukraine in the middle of the war with Russiait could be an attempt at the country of Vladimir Putin for undermining the president, since it occurred when I was traveling to seek support for Ukraine.
Why Bulgaria will not investigate the alleged attack against von der Leyen
When the authorities aboard the plane recognized the interference, they had to make maneuvers to guarantee a safe landing of the aircraft that transported to Von der Leyen.
Despite being indicated as responsible for the cyber maneuver, Russia did not respond to the accusation. It is not the first time that they accuse the country of Putin of a fact like this. Indeed, Estonia had already syndicated Russia as responsible for manipulating GPS signals, in a search to block communications and complicate the navigation of the plane.
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However, Rosen ZheliazkovBulgaria Prime Minister, said that the authorities of his country will not initiate an investigation for the interference of the GPS signal system of the plane because They do not believe it was a cyber attack. In addition, he said that he did not go on a specific plane and that he did not put the aircraft at risk.
Zheliazkov commented with total security that it was “one of the collateral effects“From the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, and that it is something that happens daily. But from Hungary, they let the European Commission know that the problems recorded by the plane in which Von der Leyen was traveling was a move of Russia.
Source: Ambito
