Massive cyber attack on DGT: data of 34 million Spanish drivers put up for sale

Another Spanish organization is the hero of hacker folklore in 2024. This time it was not Banco Santander or the website of the Congress of Deputies, but a public organization such as DGT (General direction of movement). The news doesn’t talk about the attack, but sale of a database containing the personal information of 34 million Spanish drivers.

In fact, it is currently unknown whether this information for sale is the result of a recent cyber attack or something that happened some time ago. The safety of DGT has been repeatedly questioned. and sometimes leaving the door open helped to get everything out.

What matters is that the information was stolen and put up for sale. The hackers did it on a popular cybersecurity forum where similar offers are often seen. The price is not set, but the sample shows inattention of DHT and a large amount of information of each driver.

DGT allows you to hide all your data and your car’s data.

Looking at the advertisement, this is easy to understand. what data was stolen every driver. The list is quite large and represents major information leak it may soon end up in the hands of other people or organizations with less than good intentions.

Here you have a list of data contained in the DGT database for sale. You must multiply them by 34.5 million people with a driving license from the Kingdom of Spain.

• Full name
• DPR number
• Full residential address
• Number of cars owned
• Education
• Machine type
• Brand
• Model
• Current Insurance Information

With this data, you can commit fraud, hire and cancel basic services, perform crimes related to identity theft and much more. In fact, the cybersecurity experts he contacted ConfidentiallyThey say that in order to have complete information about a person, you only need a phone number and email address.

We have access to any driver’s license plate or document. We also sell the entire database with 34.5 million rows.

Hackers claim about DGT database

To make matters worse, the attackers not only sell the entire database, but could allow individual consultations get data from one or two people at a very low cost.

These huge lists of data don’t come cheap. and its price can be set at several million euros., but the fact that an individual can access specific information for a few euros seems like something more serious than usual. At this time, DGT has not made any statement regarding this proposal.