**Spain Arrests Teen Who Stole 64 Million Personal Data Records**
A shocking case of cybercrime has come to light in Spain, where a 19-year-old hacker has been arrested for allegedly stealing and attempting to sell 64 million personal data records obtained from breaches at nine companies. The teen faces charges related to involvement in cybercrime, unauthorized access and disclosure of private data, and privacy violations.
According to the National Police's announcement, the cybercriminal accessed nine different companies where he obtained millions of private personal records that he later sold online. The police launched an investigation into the cybercriminal in June after becoming aware of breaches at the unnamed firms.
After a thorough investigation, the suspect was located in Igualada, Barcelona, and it was confirmed that he held 64 million private records. These records include full names, home addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, DNI numbers, and IBAN codes. The number of individuals impacted by the breach remains unclear.
The police mention that the detainee attempted to sell the information on various hacker forums using six different accounts and five pseudonyms. Last week, the 19-year-old was arrested, and during the action, police agents also confiscated computers and cryptocurrency wallets containing funds believed to be from data sales.
**Parallel Case: Data Broker Arrested in Ukraine**
In related but separate news, the cyberpolice in Ukraine have announced the arrest of a 22-year-old cybercriminal who used custom malware he developed to automatically hack user accounts on social networks and other platforms. Most of the hacker's victims were based in the United States and various European countries.
The offender then proceeded to sell access to the compromised accounts, which he boosted using a bot farm of 5,000 accounts, on various hacking forums. The arrested man now faces up to 15 years in prison for violations of Ukraine's Criminal Code (Article 361), as well as deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or engage in certain activities for up to three years.
**Other Developments**
Poland has also made an arrest related to cybercrime, this time involving Ukrainians utilizing "advanced" hacking equipment. Additionally, Barts Health NHS has disclosed a data breach after an Oracle zero-day hack, and Dartmouth College has confirmed a data breach after a Clop extortion attack.
A hacker claims to have stolen 2.3TB of data from the Italian rail group Almaviva, while Spain has dismantled "GXC Team" cybercrime syndicate and arrested its leader.