In the last six months, thousands of false bomb threats were recorded in the Balkans alone, and the outcome of most investigations was that they were sent by minors from various locations, sometimes even locally, said Branko Džakula, director of the Association for Security and Research, in the Morning Colors. information systems.
He states that the problem is to understand the motivation of minors who mostly do these things for fun, adrenaline rush and to prove themselves to their peers.
"Similar events have been recorded in the USA and the UK. There are various motives, political in the region, this can be seen at specific times when reports have arrived, whether during the election process... We also have those reputational motives where usually the attacker tries to prove that he is capable of carrying out a certain type of attack and we have activist motives," explained Dzhakula.
He adds that schools are the most vulnerable when it comes to attacks like this, and that emotions are strongest when someone targets children.
"What is important is that there is no need to create panic, to provide support to the police to carry out these investigations to the end. There is no need to spread panic, but it is almost impossible to prevent such attacks. This is a global problem. The evacuation processes are being used for bad way," said Dzhakula.
Internet security expert Katarina Jonev Ćiraković agrees that the motive behind the threats is probably peer rebellion.
"It's good that the boy was identified, which removed the doubt that it was an attack on the state itself. But it raises the question of whether new generations who are technically literate are able to carry out even worse cyber attacks. That should worry us, because they are not aware of the consequences," said Jonev Ćiraković.
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