Spanish hacker José Luis Huertas, known online as Alcasec, has been sentenced to two years and seven months in prison after accepting a plea deal. The 22-year-old admitted to stealing banking details from over half a million citizens, leading to his conviction and the seizure of his assets, based on information published by HackRead.
Huertas, along with two accomplices, Daniel B.E. and Juan Carlos O.G., orchestrated a sophisticated cyberattack that compromised the Neutral Judicial Point, a network connecting Spanish courts and government bodies. The attack, which began in October 2021, involved using a stolen digital certificate from the Spanish traffic agency to gain access to a secure government network. A fake login page was then used to trick court workers into revealing their passwords.
Huertas subsequently stole 574,908 bank records and sold them on a site called uSms, with Juan Carlos O.G. being a major buyer. The operation utilized Lithuanian servers and cryptocurrency for transactions.
Source: HackRead
