Overview

• The suspects are accused of obtaining, leaking and selling sensitive personal data of President Pedro Sánchez, cabinet ministers, regional leaders and journalists for cryptocurrency payments.
• Police sources say one suspect handled data extraction and publication while the other managed proceeds through a virtual wallet to preserve anonymity.
• Judge Francisco de Jorge provisionally released the pair under strict measures and classified their actions as cyberterrorism aimed at destabilizing political institutions.
• The Audiencia Nacional’s secret inquiry is being conducted by the Comisaría General de Información with support from the CNI and provincial brigades to pursue terrorism and state-secrets charges.
• Victims have faced continuous harassment and threats, highlighting systemic digital vulnerabilities and prompting warnings of potential copycat attacks by antisystem activists.