A young man has been arrested in Igualada for stealing and selling 64 million personal data records online.
The young man had stolen ID numbers, telephone numbers, and bank accounts from nine different companies.
BarcelonaThe National Police have arrested a 19-year-old man in Igualada (Anoia) on suspicion of several cybercrimes, including disclosure of secrets and violations of privacy. The young man is allegedly behind the theft of 64 million personal data records, which he then resold online. The data, stolen from nine different companies, includes national identity card numbers, names, home addresses, telephone numbers, email addresses, and IBAN codes. The investigation began in June when police received alerts about personal data breaches at nine different companies. Their inquiries led them to conclude that a single individual, a young man from Igualada, was responsible for all these activities. Police also determined that, once he obtained the data, the arrested man sold the information on various hacker forums. On these sites, he used five different pseudonyms and maintained six different user accounts. Last week, police searched his home in Igualada and arrested him there. They also seized several computers and cryptocurrency wallets stored on the suspect's devices. Officers also blocked one of these cryptocurrency wallets, which they suspect he used to deposit the profits he made from selling the stolen personal data.
