The Suspected Pro-Russian Hacking of Spanish Institutions Following Support for Ukraine

The Government's New Headache: Hackers. The hacker collective NoName057, with sympathies toward Russia, has executed a coordinated attack against several public institution websites. It was in response to a recent package of support measures announced by Pedro Sánchez's Government.

This Friday morning, the portals of the Provincial Councils of Valencia, Cáceres, and Badajoz, as well as the City Councils of Mérida and Benavente in Zamora, were affected.

Through communication channels related to the group, NoName057 released their attack against these Spanish entities. They showed screenshots evidencing the blocking of the pages. According to this medium, these portals remained out of service due to a denial-of-service attack.

In their statement, the pro-Russian hackers recalled that, at the end of February, Pedro Sánchez's Government presented a new package. This included economic and military assistance directed at Volodymyr Zelensky's government. This measure, similar to those adopted by other European allies, seeks to mitigate the cuts imposed by Donald Trump's administration in the United States.

This is not the first attack of this kind launched by the NoName057 group against Spanish Government institutions. According to a recent report by the National Cryptologic Center (CCN-Cert), the CNI's cybersecurity body, the NoName057 group has been identified as "the most active in terms of attacks carried out." Highlighting their involvement in hundreds of DDoS attacks against targets in countries opposing the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Social Media Explode Over Alleged Seafood Restaurants Paid by CCOO

This is an alleged leak carried out by a hacker group linked to Russia. The supposed cyberattack was made on the Comisiones Obreras server, and what was found has become the talk of the town.

This is confirmed by The Objective. Allegedly, there is a list consulted by the mentioned medium that supposedly involves 28 restaurants offering a wide variety for all tastes.

They supposedly include steakhouses, Basque cider houses, Galician places specializing in fish and seafood, and even a prestigious restaurant with two Michelin stars, considered one of the best in the world. Some of them include notes like "special price for CCOO." This is confirmed by the newspaper.

This information has caused a series of comments on social media. "With the money paid by the self-employed" or "to no one's surprise," some wrote. It is news that has caused outrage among social media users.

The list, which is already circulating in forums specialized in cybersecurity, supposedly includes annotations like "valet parking," "menu," or "reserved." Along with physical addresses and phone numbers for making reservations. This list of restaurants was leaked by the group Hunters International, along with hundreds of thousands of additional documents.