https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A hacker has taken over the computer system of the southern Spanish city of Jerez de la Frontera and is demanding a ransom paid in bitcoin to unlock it, local officials said Friday. https://www.thelocal.es/20191004/hacker-seeking-bitcoin-ransom-hits-spanish-citys-computer-sytem Fri, 04 Oct 2019 19:54:52 +0200 hacker-seeking-bitcoin-ransom-hits-spanish-citys-computer-sytem A Russian hacker who at one time gained control over as many as 100,000 computers globally via botnets he created pleaded guilty Wednesday in a Connecticut court to computer crimes and identity theft. https://www.thelocal.es/20180913/russian-hacker-behind-massive-botnet-pleads-guilty Thu, 13 Sep 2018 11:30:07 +0200 russian-hacker-behind-massive-botnet-pleads-guilty Spain and Europol on Monday announced the arrest of a Ukrainian man dubbed the mastermind of a gang behind hundreds of cyberattacks that have netted around a billion euros from banks. https://www.thelocal.es/20180327/spain-arrests-ukrainian-cyber-criminal-mastermind Tue, 27 Mar 2018 12:07:16 +0200 spain-arrests-ukrainian-cyber-criminal-mastermind A Russian man accused of victimizing thousands ofAmericans with ransomware and spam has been extradited to the United States from Spain, US officials announced on Friday. https://www.thelocal.es/20180203/spain-extradites-hackware-spammer-to-us Sat, 03 Feb 2018 10:57:31 +0100 spain-extradites-hackware-spammer-to-us Spain's top-level National Court has okayed extraditing Stanislav Lisov, an alleged Russian hacker accused of creating an online banking malware, to the United States, it said Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20170801/spain-court-allows-extradition-of-alleged-russian-hacker-to-us Tue, 01 Aug 2017 18:51:59 +0200 spain-court-allows-extradition-of-alleged-russian-hacker-to-us US authorities moved Monday to take down a global computer botnet behind the massive theft of personal data and unwanted spam emails, as Spain arrested the notorious Russian hacker who operated it. https://www.thelocal.es/20170411/us-takes-down-huge-botnet-as-spain-arrests-notorious-russian-hacker Tue, 11 Apr 2017 11:39:17 +0200 us-takes-down-huge-botnet-as-spain-arrests-notorious-russian-hacker An alleged Russian hacker wanted for fraud has been detained in Spain and jailed pending extradition to the United States, police and a court spokesman said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.es/20170120/russian-hacker-wanted-by-the-us-is-arrested-in-spain Fri, 20 Jan 2017 10:00:18 +0100 russian-hacker-wanted-by-the-us-is-arrested-in-spain The website of the Catalan household appliance manufacturer Taurus was taken down by jihadist hackers from the Middle East on Wednesday who may have confused it with the Brazilian-US gunmaker of the same name. https://www.thelocal.es/20150116/jihadist-hackers-hit-spanish-website-by-mistake Fri, 16 Jan 2015 16:37:00 +0100 jihadist-hackers-hit-spanish-website-by-mistake A Zaragoza man who hacked into hundreds of his neighbours’ computers to watch them undressing and having sexual intercourse has been able to move neighbourhood while he awaits trial. https://www.thelocal.es/20130503/wifi-peeping-tom-preys-on-neighbours Fri, 03 May 2013 14:28:00 +0200 wifi-peeping-tom-preys-on-neighbours