Spanish police arrest two accused of hacking radioactivity alert system

Spain’s National Police said Wednesday that two people have been arrested for allegedly hacking the country’s Radioactivity Alert Network (RAR) and disabling more than one-third of the sensors that are used to monitor excessive radiation levels across the country.

The attack occurred between March and June of 2021, and was allegedly carried out by two individuals who were at one point involved in maintaining the system, which is run by Spain’s General Directorate of Civil Protection and Emergencies (DGPCE). The police did not disclose the names of the arrested individuals, or say what motivated the attack.

“During the investigation it was determined that the two detainees had been responsible for the maintenance program of the RAR system, through a company contracted by the DGPCE, for which they had a deep knowledge of it that made it easier for them to carry out the attacks and helped them in their efforts to mask their authorship, significantly increasing the difficulty of the investigation,” the National Police said.

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