# Spain gets its first taste of AI-aided cyber attack

DevFeed: [Spain gets its first taste of AI-aided cyber attack](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/spain-gets-its-first-taste-of-ai-aided-cyber-attack-30924.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.theregister.com/cyber-crime/2026/09/16/spain-gets-its-first-taste-of-ai-aided-cyber-attack/5296844>)

Author: Connor Jones

Published: 2026-09-16T11:56:55Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [www.theregister.com - Articles](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/www-theregister-com-articles.md>)

Topics: [Security Attacks](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security-attacks.md>), [Cybersecurity](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cybersecurity.md>), [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [cyber-crime](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cyber-crime.md>), [cybersecurity](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cybersecurity.md>), [data-protection](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data-protection.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [spain](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/spain.md>)

## AI overview

The article reports that Spain has experienced its first AI-aided cyber attack. It also reports that data protection chiefs are calling for an immediate review of data protection models.

## Source excerpt

Data protection chiefs call for 'immediate review' of data protection models