Alía Gestión fined €150,000 by Spanish data watchdog after cyber attack
( May 25, 2026, 16:00 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Spanish business service provider Alía Gestión was fined €150,000 by the data protection authority on Monday for a ransomware attack that compromised the health, financial and identity documents of at least 70,000 people, including minors. The regulator said the company knew about the security issues before the breach but failed to fix those in time.Decision attached (in Spanish)....
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