Report: Spanish ministries, agencies targeted by cybercrime

Sun, 24 Jan 2010

Madrid - Key Spanish ministries and agencies were the targets of at least 40 professional computer hacker attacks in the last year, reported the daily newspaper El Pais on Sunday. Foreign espionage agencies are believed to be the main source of the attacks, reported the paper, quoting the Spanish CNI intelligence agency. The CNI and the CCN, a national cryptography agency, were among the targets.

The CCN is responsible for encrypting sensitive data for all government administration. However, the CNI reported that the attacks, which employed primarily Trojan spyware, had not been successful.

Nonetheless, the attacks were of a high-caliber and clearly the work of professionals, reported the paper. At times, Spanish authorities had to issue warnings to other governments.

Spain has come under frequent criticism for lagging other nations in cybersecurity.

Source: Earth Times.
Link: http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/305520,report-spanish-ministries-agencies-targeted-by-cybercrime.html.