ARTICLES ON SCIENTIFIC AND FORENSIC INVESTIGATION

Spain has slipped onto the ransomware black map and is already among the countries hardest hit in the world by this type of attack, with a direct impact that is beginning to be felt in the courts. As the numbers grow, lawyers are bracing for a new wave of cyberlitigation where digital evidence will be the center of the battle.datacentermarket+4

We analyze the risks for audiovisual evidence, the forensic detection techniques, the legal framework (AI Act, Penal Code) and what lawyers and experts need to know to challenge or defend synthetic evidence. Deepfakes on the Stand: The New Exam of the Audiovisual Test in 2026 Deepfakes have ceased to be an internet curiosity to become a real risk in Spanish

Probatia and ADDPOL formalize an agreement to promote a certification program in digital evidence management according to ISO/IEC 27037 Probatia and ADDPOL formalize an agreement to launch a training itinerary with certification in management and chain of custody of digital evidence according to UNE-EN ISO/IEC 27037:2016 The program will integrate training and real practice on the Probatia platform, with an

February 18, 2026 is the deadline for Spain to transpose Directive (EU) 2023/1544, which obliges certain service providers operating in the EU to appoint an establishment or legal representative in the Union to receive orders related to electronic evidence in criminal proceedings. Six months later, on 18 August 2026, Regulation (EU) 2023/1543, which introduces the European Production Orders and the

Introduction Digital evidence has established itself in 2026 as one of the decisive elements in Spanish judicial proceedings, but also as one of its greatest sources of procedural risk when the chain of custody, integrity or authenticity of data fails[1][2]. In addition to the traditional requirements of the Civil Procedure Law, there is now the regulatory impact of the European

Every second there are seven computer scams in Spain. The Ministry of the Interior has registered 121,579 criminal offences linked to cybercrime in the first quarter of 2025 alone, of which 106,801 correspond to computer scams[1]. However, the most alarming thing is not this figure, but another: only 2.5% of complaints of computer fraud reach the courts, which means that