Spain arrests suspected hacker of US and Spanish military agencies

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the Ministry of Defense NATO the US Army and various universitiesppSpanish media reports that the suspect was brought before a court and subsequently released after having his passport confiscated to prevent him from leaving the countryppThe investigation into the suspects activities was launched in early 2024 following a report about a data leak from a Madrid business association pointing to leaks on dark web forums where the suspect used various aliases to obfuscate his traceppUsing up to three different pseudonyms the suspect attacked international governmental organizations accessing databases containing personal information of employees and customers as well as internal documents that were later sold or freely published on forums reads the Spanish polices announcementppApart from the Madrid organization the authorities have confirmed the following victims all breached by the same individual throughout 2024ppForums posts related to these attacks appeared on the BreachForums hacking forum where a threat actor attempted to sell or leak the data In some cases the threat actor claimed to have successfully sold the data to other threat actorsppThe threat actor commonly used the BreachForums hacking forum to sell and leak data stolen in these attacks with the leaks for NATO the US military and Spains Guardia Civil and Ministry of Defence listed as successfully soldppIn some of these attacks such as the one on the International Civil Aviation Organization the hacker published the stolen data on BreachForums on January 5 2025 using the alias natohub The allegations about the data breach were later officially confirmed to be validppAlthough the suspect used anonymization technologies to evade the authorities the police say they could track him down with the assistance of investigators from the National Cryptologic Center CCN of the National Intelligence Center CNI Europol and the US Homeland Security Investigations HSIppDuring the raid in the suspects residence the police found and seized multiple computers electronic devices and 50 cryptocurrency accounts containing various digital assetsppThe authorities declared that at this time linking the suspect to additional offenses or accomplices cannot be ruled outppAs for the potential penalties the hacker could face charges for discovery and disclosure of secrets illegal access to IT systems computer damages and money laundering which incur a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison under Spanish lawppDiscover the Top 10 MITRE ATTCK techniques behind 93 of attacks and learn how to defend against themppSky ECC encrypted service distributors arrested in Spain NetherlandsppPolice arrests 2 Phobos ransomware suspects seizes 8Base sitesppSuspected Desorden hacker arrested for breaching 90 organizationsppDutch Police seizes 127 XHost servers dismantles bulletproof hosterppCybercrime crew stole 635000 in Taylor Swift concert ticketsppNot a member yet Register NowppUndocumented commands found in Bluetooth chip used 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