Robin Hood: 19-year-old hacker arrested for attacking large companies

A Madrid National PoliceHacker arrested in Spain José Luis Huertasknown as alcasec. On the contrary only 19 years oldhe already one of the biggest names in cybercrime in the country.

Alcasec arrested last Friday (31) and is accused of a long list of illegalities committed in the last few years, but one of them is particularly significant.

hacker Raid on Spanish judicial service basesIncluding a general council that keeps documentation of all processes in the country, in addition to building a huge personal and banking database created by Spanish citizens.

??Detenido tr #Madrid a dangerous computer criminal who performs #cyber attack get #CGPJ together with other serious violations of public institutions

considered to be a serious threat to #SeguridadNacional and you are considered an expert #cryptoactive and hiding backgrounds pic.twitter.com/mUZj04Mecw

— National Police (@policia) April 3, 2023

Alcasec in exchange for privileged information on personal data and processes request payment in cryptocurrencies. Customers can be this much other aggressors such as criminal organizationsinterested in knowing the details of the charges.

In the past as “Robin Hood”

Young Huertas was already known in the digital security world when he started his hacking activities at the age of about 15. He had a different intention back then: to get money from big corporations or millionaires to distribute it to the public, like the Robin Hood of digital networks.

Alcasec allegedly hacked into Burger King’s system in the past few years, guaranteeing others free meals, and stole nearly 300,000 euros from Paolo Vasile, the CEO of a media conglomerate in Spain.

take the luxury lifewith a popular Instagram profile and the hacker who was already detained and released at other times He even gave interviews to podcasts to talk about their achievements – always with their faces covered, but describing in detail the activities carried out.

And right in one of these interviews, he talked about creating it himself. a database of hundreds of thousands of profiles from all over Spain, who warned authorities that he could be responsible With the November 2022 invasion Against the country’s judiciary.

Huertas is still in custody, many of his assets have been confiscated from his home, and he now has to await his trial in prison.