Spain’s government on Wednesday promised stronger action against cybercrime, saying it has come to account for around a fifth of all recorded crimes in the country.
Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska said police will receive additional staff, funds and resources to tackle online crime. He said reported cybercrime cases increased 72% last year compared to 2019 and 352% compared to 2015.
“The… decline in conventional crime and the increase in cybercrime has led us to a turning point: today, one in five crimes in Spain is committed online,” he said at a press conference in Madrid. .
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The Spanish government announced Wednesday that it would crack down on cybercrime in the country. The Spanish Minister said that cybercrimes are accounting for 20% of crimes registered in Spain. (FoxNews)
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Nearly 90% of reported cybercrimes last year involved online fraud schemes, Grande-Marlaska said. “This…has a noticeable and negative impact on national interests, institutions, businesses and citizens,” she added.
On Tuesday, Spain’s defense minister approved the creation of a new military cyber operations training school to further bolster national security online.
Spain is among the countries that suffer the greatest number of remote online attacks in the world, according to data from the antivirus protection specialist ESET. Small businesses are particularly affected.
