Iberdrola suffers a cyber attack that affects the data of some 850,000 customers in Spain

Iberdrola suffers a cyber attack that affects the data of some 850,000 customers in Spain

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At the beginning of May, Iberdrola suffered a cyber attack that affected the data of some 850,000 of the electricity company’s customers in Spain.

Specifically, the energy company detected on May 7 unauthorized access to customer databases caused through a supplier, Europa Press was informed by company sources, who specified that a total of 600,000 people would be affected. Iberdrola Clients and another 250,000 from Curenergía – its marketer of last resort that operates in the regulated market.

Iberdrola has indicated that it has “immediately” brought this fact to the attention of the Data Protection and Data Agency and that it has filed the pertinent complaint with the State Security Forces and Bodies. At the same time, it has sent a communication to the affected customers informing them of the incident.

According to Invertia-El Español, the incident, which was corrected immediately, affected the following data: name, surname, ID number and contact information. However, no bank details were accessed.

The energy company stated that, given the unprecedented wave of hacks that have affected important companies and public and private entities in recent times, “it works continuously to combat these cyberattacks, always acting with total transparency and collaborating with regulatory bodies.” and supervisors”.

In this regard, he noted that cybersecurity is “a priority” for the company, “as demonstrated by the continuous and growing provision of human and economic resources.”

“In recent years, investment has been strengthened with financing that has increased significantly,” added the same sources, highlighting that they have more than 400 professionals around the world dedicated to cybersecurity and that they have made “a large investment in advanced processes and systems, with the purpose of protecting our infrastructures, information systems and our clients’ data.

This Tuesday it was learned that Telefónica was “investigating the legitimacy of the information” that a user and potential cybercriminal had published on an internet hacker forum in which he claims to have obtained the data of 120,000 users and employees of the Spanish company, which would have been put up for sale.

Likewise, a few weeks ago, Santander reported “unauthorized access” to a database of the financial institution hosted by a provider that affected clients from Spain, Chile and Uruguay, as well as all employees and some former employees of the company. cluster.