Cybersecurity

Spanish Intelligence Center: Hacker Attacks Are Not Authorized by Foreign States

The Spanish National Intelligence Center told Sputnik that the hacker attacks on the Spanish government websites during the height of the Catalan crisis hadn't been authorized by any foreign government, including the Russian authorities.

MADRID (Sputnik) – The Spanish National Cryptologic Center with the country’s National Intelligence Center has recorded 70 cyberattacks on governmental resources, performed by hackers part of various groups within the so-called Anonymous network.

"The research has shown that these have been low-level attacks, which have been discussed on various forums on social media, related to hackers groups, in various EU countries and outside the bloc. All these actions by no means have been connected with cyberattacks, authorized by governments," the center said on Tuesday.