of up to BGN 6,000.
(5) (New, SG No. 101/2017) The punishment shall be imprisonment from five to eight
years and a fine of up to BGN 10,000, when the act under Paragraph 1:
1. is committed by a person acting upon an order or decision of an organised crime group.
2. is committed against an information system which is part of a critical infrastructure.
Article 319c
(1) (Supplemented, SG No. 38/2007, amended, SG No. 101/2017) Anyone who commits
an act under Article 319b with regard to data provided by virtue of law, electronically or on other
carriers shall be punished to imprisonment of up to three years and a fine of up to BGN 3,000.
(2) (Supplemented, SG No. 101/2017) Where the act under Paragraph 1 was intended to
prevent the fulfilment of an obligation, the punishment shall be imprisonment from one to three
years and a fine of up to BGN 5,000.
Article 319d
(1) (Amended, SG No. 38/2007, amended and supplemented, SG No. 101/2017) Anyone
who introduces a computer virus into an information system or a computer network, shall be
punished by imprisonment of up to three years and a fine of up to BGN 3,000.
(2) (New, SG No. 38/2007, amended, SG No. 101/2017) The punishment under Paragraph
1 shall be imposed also on a person who introduces another computer programme which is
intended to disrupt the operation of an information system or a computer network or for
obtaining information, erasing, deleting, modifying or copying computer data without permission,
where such permission is required, to the extent the act does not constitute a graver crime.
(3) (Renumbered from Paragraph 2, amended, SG No. 38/2007, SG No. 101/2017) Where
considerable damages have occurred as a result of the act under Paragraphs 1 and 2 or it has been
repeated, the punishment shall be imprisonment of up to five years and a fine of up to BGN
3,000.
Article 319e
(1) (Amended, SG No. 26/2004, SG No. 38/2007, SG No. 101/2017) A person who creates,
obtains for himself/herself or for someone else, imports or otherwise distributes computer
programmes, passwords, codes or other similar data for access to an information system or part
thereof in order to commit a crime under Article 171 (3), Article 319a, Article 319b, Article 319c
or Article 319d shall be punished to imprisonment of up to two years.
(2) (Supplemented, SG No. 38/2007, amended, SG No. 101/2017) When with the act
under Paragraph 1 personal data, classified information or another secret protected by law is
disclosed, insofar as the breach does not constitute a graver offence, the punishment shall be
imprisonment of up to three years.
(3) (New, SG No. 101/2017) If the act under Paragraph 1 was committed for a venal goal
or by a person acting on an order or in pursuance of a decision of an organised criminal group or
where it has caused considerable damages or other grave consequences have occurred, the
punishment shall be imprisonment of up to five years.
Article 319f
(Amended, SG No. 85/2017)
Where a provider of information services acting in this capacity violates provision of