Bulgaria
BGR
Cyberattack disables Bulgarian Food Safety Agency electronic services and VetIS
A cyberattack detected August 6, 2022 disabled the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency website, servers and electronic services, including the VetIS information system supporting agency users. The agency confirmed VetIS was restored for users on September 1 with functionalities returning gradually. Authorities stated that Bulgarian border checkpoints continued functioning, so no border-transport or food-shipment halt is asserted.
79
Estimated severity
79 / 100
94
Source reliability
94 / 100
Approximate Date
2022-08-06
Targeted Company
BULGARIAN FOOD SAFETY AGENCY
Targeted Company Supply Chain Impact
Distribution & Fulfillment
Procurement & Sourcing
Production & Manufacturing
Sales (Retail & Ecommerce)
Warehousing
Service Delivery
Unrecognized Impact
Supply Chain Relations
No information
Geographic Impact
Country Targeted Company
Other Affected Countries
No other affected countries reported
Target country
Bulgaria
Affected countries
Bulgaria
Impacted regions
No information
Operational Impact
Duration
26 days
Financial impact (USD M)
No information
Impact types
Service degradationService unavailability
Affected sectors
Government & Public Administration
Affected departments
Customer ServiceInformation Technology
Attack Profile
Attack types
No information
Attributed threat actors
No information
Sources
Incident Sources
bta.bghttps://www.bta.bg/bg/news/bulgaria/oficial-messages/321083-elektronnata-sistema-vetis-i-saytat-na-babh-rabotyatbta.bghttps://www.bta.bg/en/news/bulgaria/308723-cyber-attack-disrupts-bulgarian-food-safety-agency-s-e-servicestagebntnews.bghttps://bntnews.bg/news/cyber-attack-interrupts-some-of-the-electronic-services-of-food-safety-agency-1306630news.htmlnova.bghttps://nova.bg/news/view/2022/08/08/378878/cyber-attack-disrupts-bulgarian-food-safety-agencys-e-services/