Spain: Four government ministries hit most from cyber hacking attempts

Posted On: Dec. 16, 2014 12:00 AM CST

Four government ministries in Spain were affected the most because of major hacking attempts in 2014, The Local.es reports citing El Pais newspaper.

The affected ministries are the Ministry of Defence, the Ministry of the Interior, the Ministry of the Presidency and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The National Intelligence Centre of Spain identified 13,000 hacking events in 2014, 11.6% of which were 'critical' and 'high-risk' events.