Former Spanish Secretary of State for Security Arrested for Allegedly Buying and Selling Stolen Data, Police Source Says

The National High Court links former Secretary of State for Security at the time of the government of Mariano Rajoy, Francisco Martínez, arrested by the National Police last Tuesday, with a network that was dedicated to cyberattacking strategic companies (public and private) to steal millions of sensitive data that were then put on sale on the black market. The researchers’ thesis is that with the help of Martínez, lawyer by profession, José Lui…

By Pau Mosquera, CNN en Español Several Spanish National Police officers arrested Francisco Martínez, former Secretary of State for Security during the government of then-President Mariano Rajoy, on Tuesday for his alleged involvement in a network that carried out cyberattacks against public bodies and strategic companies with the aim of trading sensitive data, a police source told CNN.

By Pau Mosquera, CNN en Español Several Spanish National Police officers arrested Francisco Martínez, former Secretary of State for Security during the government of then-President Mariano Rajoy, on Tuesday for his alleged involvement in a network that carried out cyberattacks against public bodies and strategic companies with the aim of trading sensitive data, a police source told CNN.

Martinez, a senior officer in Rajoy's time, would have helped the hacker, who entered the police bases, DGT and CGPJ, to build a structure to wash away the benefits of selling stolen data Read

In the operation, the hacker Alcasec has also been arrested.

The operation has resulted in four arrests, including the ‘hacker’ Alcasec