The police in Spain have arrested José Luis Huertas (aka "Alcaseca", "Mango", “chimichuri”), a 19-year-old regarded as the most dangerous hackers in the country.
Huertas is considered to be responsible for multiple high-profile cyberattacks and for creating a search engine called Udyat (the eye of Horus) dedicated to selling stolen sensitive information in large numbers.
A police investigation started in November 2022 eventually lead to the identification and arrest of the young hacker, who has been described as "a serious threat to national security."
At Huertas' home and other registered addresses, law enforcement agents seized large amounts of cash, documentation, and computers that will help discover the hacker's activity.
The investigation was launched after breaching the computer network of Spain's national council of the judiciary (CGPJ). During this attack, the hacker stole the data of 575,000 taxpayers and created a database to sell that information to other cybercriminals.
The details hosted on that illegal service include personally identifiable information, account numbers, bank numbers, and more.
Huertas is also accused of impersonating Paolo Vasile, the CEO of Gestevisión Telecinco/Mediaset España, and stealing EUR 300,000 from him. Charges also include attacking high-state institutions and money laundering.
The hacker grew bolder with each attack, to the point that in an interview on YouTube he claimed to have access to information of roughly 90% of all Spanish citizens.
