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The hacker who faced 18 years in prison for attacking companies opposed to 1-O is amnestied

Published on October 7, 2025

Listening now Summary of the news Summary of the news 00:00 Time elapsed: 0 seconds 00:43 Duration: 43 seconds Barcelona (EFE) .- The Superior Court of Justice of Catalonia (TSJC) has corrected to the Audience of Tarragona and has amnestized a hacker that faced 18 years in jail for having attacked the websites of several Spanish companies and organizations contrary to the procés in the months after the referendum of 1-O. In a car, to which Efe has had access, the Catalan high court estimates the appeal presented by the defense of the investigated, Joel M., to whom the Tarragona audience denied the amnesty, and applies the law by considering that the crimes he committed are "clearly" linked to the independence cause. The hacker, whose domicile was registered by the Civil Guard when he was arrested for the attack on Spanish companies and organizations, is presented to a second sentence of 115 years in prison in another cause derived from access to personal data to databases that he pirate. Archive image of a Civil Guard car.EFE /MARISCAL /FILE Against the Criteria of the Prosecutor's Office The TSJC has now granted the amnesty to Joel M., against the Criteria of the Prosecutor's Office, in the case in which he was pending judgment for computer attacks to Spanish companies and organizations between December 2017 and February 2018, made by which the Public Ministry requested 18 years in prison and a fine of 10,000 euros. The court is referred to a Civil Guard computer expert included in the summary, which links the investigated, who claimed to belong to Anonymous, "with claiming activities linked to the process." A person with an Anonymous mask.EFE-EPA File/JAGADEESH NV In addition, the Chamber argues that the defendant himself, in two interviews in digital newspapers, framed the attacks in the "Catalunya Operation" launched by Anonymous in protest of the charges to prevent the 1-O, and spread the campaign of this hacker collective. In its resolution, the Catalan high court also agrees to leave all the precautionary and patrimonial measures adopted against the defendant in the framework of this cause and orders to cancel all the "records, annotations and background, including the police", carried out in relation to the amnestized facts.EFE