Spain

IBERDROLA, S.A.

3,000,000 €

GDPR enforcement action by Spanish Data Protection Authority (aepd) on 2024-02-07.

Rank · Sector

#16

of 165 in Transportation and Energy

Rank · Spain

#15

of 1,071

Rank · All fines

#101

of 3,042

Case details

Authority: Spanish Data Protection Authority (aepd)
Date: 2024-02-07
Controller / Processor: IBERDROLA, S.A.
Sector: Transportation and Energy
Quoted Articles: Art. 5 (1) f) GDPR, Art. 32 GDPR
Type of violation: Non-compliance with general data processing principles

Summary

The Spanish DPA has fined IBERDROLA, S.A. EUR 3 million following a cyberattack on I-DE Redes, which led to the compromise of customer data from millions of individuals. Although the cyberattack targeted the GEA web application of I-DE Redes, Iberdrola, as the entity responsible for managing the group's IT systems and security infrastructure, was found to have failed in implementing sufficient security measures to prevent the incident.

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