The National Police has opened an investigation for a possible filtration of personal data that, according to Cadena Ser, could affect the president of the Government, Pedro Sánchezand several members of the Executive. The leaked document, about 500 pages, would contain information such as ID numbers, homes and birth dates.
What is known until now? In the case of Sánchez, the published record includes its supposed identification number next to an address. The broadcaster also points to other possible affected: the president of the Junta de Andalucía, Juan Manuel Moreno Bonilla; the president of Extremadura, María Guardiola; the former mayor of Barcelona, Ada Colau; and around 3,000 members of Podemos.
Diffusion in a messaging app. Part of that information would have been disseminated through a telegram channel. In the case of data related to Podemos, it would be access data to its private website. This filtration adds to others that are already being examined by the National Court, and in which names such as Félix Bolaños or Yolanda Díaz appear.
Ongoing research. The aforementioned means indicates that given the nature of the committed material, the central court number 1 of the National Court investigates the case as a possible crime of terrorism. For now, it is not clear if the data were obtained through a cyber attack or if they come from open sources that would have been collected and crossed with additional information, and then marketed on the Dark Web.
No official statements at the moment. When publishing this article, there have been no official public statements by those involved. All information comes from the coverage published by the station.
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