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18 year old Hacker Arrested in Calpe

A dangerous hacker was apprehended in Calpe, Alicante, by the Civil Guard. His criminal record includes more than 40 cyberattacks, and he is just 18 years old. The Mint, the US Army, NATO, the Ministry of Defence, and others were among his intended victims.
In Calpe, Alicante, authorities detained a hacker who was 18 years old. For months, he had been selling the contents of the databases of the main security agencies after obtaining them. Santa Olalla del Cala, in the province of Huelva, is the site of a massive Civil Guard operation.
Launching cyberattacks was mostly driven by the young man’s desire to test himself.

The 18-year-old Spanish hacker’s primary goal in launching cyberattacks was to initiate them “as a personal challenge,” but he also attempted to sell information from public and private databases on the “dark web). In 2024, it all started when a Madrid business group that was involved in the tourism sector filed a complaint after being hacked.
Investigators have characterised the young man, who had vocational training, as a “self-taught geek who acted alone, without being manipulated by anyone.” He attacked under multiple pseudonyms. His January 28 arrest and subsequent release with preventive measures including a revocation of his passport, a requirement to appear in court every fifteen days, and a travel ban have been emphasised by the authorities.

Fifty cryptocurrency accounts have been confiscated by Guardia agents.

According to the inquiry, the suspect paid 479 euros to gain access to company credentials through a Telegram bot. The investigators stated that once within the system, he had a remarkable ability to navigate it.
The Civil Guard’s searches have led to the confiscation of numerous pieces of computer hardware and fifty bitcoin accounts with a combined value of two thousand euros. His involvement in the crimes of money laundering, computer damage, unlawful access to computer systems, and leaking of secrets has been disclosed by the Ministry of the Interior.

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21 expensive cars that were stolen in the U.S. were found Valencia port

Together with the US Container Security Initiative, the Guardia Civil and the Tax Agency found 21 high-end cars that were stolen in the U.S. and were on their way to Africa in the port of Valencia. The cars, which were worth a total of €1.1 million, were reported stolen and were being moved in containers.

The cars were stolen in the U.S. and were on their way to different places in Africa, stopping in Valencia’s port. Risk analysis units made up of Guardia Civil and Tax Agency officers were able to find several packages that might not have had the goods that were claimed to have been inside.

With the help of the information gathered, it was confirmed that stolen cars that had been in Valencia on their way to the United States had actually arrived. The groups that ship stolen cars either traded legally declared cars for stolen ones or directly declared the stolen cars as other goods, like furniture or mattresses.

In the past few weeks, 21 vehicles have been found and will be sent back to their home countries to be given to their original owners.

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14 immigrants were saved on a boat 45 miles off the coast of Alicante

On Wednesday, 2nd April, the Maritime Rescue ship Salvamar Leo saved 14 immigrants who were travelling in a boat about 45 miles from Alicante.

In the middle of the afternoon on Wednesday, Maritime Rescue sent out its Helimer 223 helicopter and the Salvamar Leo, which is based in Alicante, to save the people on a small boat.

Their journey began on the Salvamar Leo, which took them to the Temporary Assistance Centre for Foreigners in the port of Alicante. There, the Red Cross took care of them.

The Red Cross says that all of the refugees they saved were men, and two of them were younger than 15 years old. They were all healthy after being treated.

The National Police took over the refugees after getting help from the Red Cross. They are now trying to find the boat’s captain so they can arrest him, as is normal in these situations.

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Dénia wrestler arrested in connection with a network that smuggled 300 kilos of cocaine from Ecuador

The National Police’s Drugs and Organised Crime Unit arrested a famous mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter from Dénia. He was part of a gang that was partly broken up in August over a shipment of 300 kg of cocaine from Ecuador that came into the port of Valencia. The fighter from Dénia is one of five people who were caught by police. Along with nine other gang members who were already in jail at the time, they are now in jail.

The man who was arrested in Dénia is thought to be the trusted man of the gang’s leader, who is also an MMA fighter, and the person who is said to have worked as a go-between in the operation.

Levante-EMV also says that the broken-down network is linked to another shipment of 490 kg of cocaine that came into the port of Valencia in April of last year.

The five people who were just caught went before Valencia’s Investigative Court No. 20 yesterday, April 3rd.