Hacker suspect 'worked from bunker'

A Dutch citizen arrested in north-east Spain on suspicion of launching what is described as the biggest cyberattack in internet history operated from a bunker and had a van capable of hacking into networks anywhere in the country, officials said.

A Dutch citizen arrested in north-east Spain on suspicion of launching what is described as the biggest cyberattack in internet history operated from a bunker and had a van capable of hacking into networks anywhere in the country, officials said.

The suspect travelled in Spain using his van “as a mobile computing office, equipped with various antennas to scan frequencies”, an interior ministry statement said.

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