Same thing is rampant in other Eastern European countries as well. Tips on how to address this for those of us that are publicly minded?
There is a somewhat valid argument to be made that aggressively trying to hack these insecure government portals could lead to a real reprioritization towards competence.
I'd say form an IT firm and bid on government contracts and do honest work, but we all know how that goes in reality. Honest workers don't get the contracts. You can still try, though.
Vote and join a party
Look at what the new Hungary PM is doing
Use EU funds to build it then tip the EPPO when they defraud the funds?
It's no different anywhere. Security isn't valued since it's just an email and a .01% or less income fine.
The amount of times my SSN and correlated info has been leaked and I've been offered a free year or credit monitoring is depressing.