The Spanish Civil Guard has arrested three people in Manacor (Mallorca), Huelva and Seville for their alleged involvement in cyberattacks on government agencies and strategic companies in Spain and other NATO countries that support Ukraine in the war unleashed after Russia's full-scale invasion.
RTVE reports this.
Cyberattacks against countries that support Ukraine
Spanish law enforcement officials said on Saturday that the men were allegedly involved in denial-of-service attacks. (DDoS), organized by the hacker group of activists NoName057(16), which arose after the start of the full-scale Russian-Ukrainian war and threatens to respond proportionally to the hostile and openly anti-Russian actions of Western Russophobes.
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After the arrests, the Civil Guard searched the homes of these people and seized various computer and documentary materials of interest.
It is noteworthy that in the footage of the arrest, the suspected hackers can be seen holding flags of the USSR and the Antifa movement.
— The attacks, which used software developed by NoName057(16), targeted government agencies and strategic companies in countries that positioned themselves as supporting Ukraine, the report said.
The Civil Guard said it was continuing its investigation on several fronts to identify those involved in the attacks.
Recall that in June it became known that European satellite companies had been suffering for months from attempts to interfere with Russia, as hackers broadcast violent content on children's TV channels.
