The Treasury and other government offices are hacked, and the data of 500,000 taxpayers is stolen.

The Spanish tax agency, better known as the Treasury, has just been the victim of a hack that affected almost half a million taxpayers whose data was stolen. Of course, it should be noted that this cyberattack was not carried out directly against Tax authoritiesbut it was through the judiciary.

According to elDiario.es, we have experienced an unprecedented attack that compromised them. data such as the identity card, first and last name, and even the address of thousands of taxpayers.

Strikingly, according to information and intelligence services, there was no mass data theft, and very specific search for certain profiles to steal information.

The idea behind the cyberattacks was to gain access to the Judicial Neutral Point (PNJ), which, as its name suggests, links courts and other judicial bodies with other state institutions.

According to the CGPJ, the judicial neutral point was “used by attackers to gain access to other government institutions”although he emphasized that in the attack “No data relating to legal proceedings or other information held by courts and tribunals has been compromised.“.

Also hacked are the Police Headquarters, SEPE and INSS.

That’s why Not everything remained in the headquarters of the judiciary, and other bodies, such as the General Directorate of Police, were also affected. And it’s that it doesn’t end there, as according to reports from elDiario.es it also suffered cyber attack it affected some 50,000 policemen.

Of course, this seems like big talk here, since access to all this data regarding the police could put them in serious danger, since many will be interested in buying this stolen information and revealing those policemen who are involved in it undercover operations.

Add more victims State Employment Service (SEPE) or National Institute of Social Security (INSS). It is logical that they also suffered from a cyber attack, although the Cyber ​​Security Operations Center of the General State Administration and its public organizations (COCOS) and the National Cryptological Center are already investigating all cases.

A cyber attack on the CGPJ is currently under investigation. no clue about who or who is behind it hack or what their true intentions are when stealing data (activity, profits, or even if it’s a foreign government).