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A joint operation of Mossos d’Esquadra and National Police He has arrested a hacker in Roses (Girona) Responsible for several cyber attacks operating from a sophisticated technological network … in their own home.
Why is it important. The detainee had managed to configure a technological network complex using anonymous applications that allowed him to hide his trail while attacked financial institutions, private companies and public bodies.
The researchers discovered that the hacker, a young computer student with very advanced knowledge, stole personal databases of employees and clients, as well as confidential internal documents. Then he sold this information in forums of the Dark Web or published it without asking for anything in return.
What has happened. The investigation started in May 2024, when the agents detected in a forum that someone presumed to have data from Spanish banks, a self -school and a public university. The same subject later claimed to have filtered the database of a Barcelona plumbing company.
After an arduous discouragement of desanimization, the researchers located Roses’s address from where the attacks were launched. The subsequent investigations identified the inhabitants of the house, including the young computer student.
In detail. During the record they seized:
- A laptop.
- A dozen mobile phones.
- Several hard drives.
- More than thirty SIM cards.
- Several bank cards in the name of different people.
The detainee made available to the Court of Guard of Figueres for a crime of discovery and revelation of secrets.
And now what. The investigation remains active to locate new victims and clarify all the scams that this person may have committed using stolen data to the affected entities.
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