During this time, he has coordinated several automated projects related with malware, such as the automatic analisys and response system, and the malware automatic information system. A year later, he joined the international technical support team assisting Panda's technical support belonging to their partners distributed over 50 countries around the world. His main hobbies are his wife Nerea, his dog Robin and his work as well as chess and videogames. In 2002, he became PandaLabs' director as well as malware alerts coordinator in worldwide infection situations, dealing with worm such as Klez, SQLSlammer, Sobig, Blaster. His first contact with computers was at the age of 4, with a Sharp MZ-80K, which he started Basic language programming with.

The past 12 months could also be dubbed the "Year of the Data Breach," as criminals, hacktivists and cyber-spies all went after critical databases, stealing and leaking tons of sensitive information. To be fair, some of the biggest stories of 2011 weren't by malicious criminals as some clueless insiders played a part, too. It seemed like no industry was spared, as defense contractors reported intrusion attempts, gaming and entertainment companies were breached, and small and midsize financial institutions reported criminals targeting online banking to fraudulently... Here, eWEEK looks at, in no particular order, 11 of the biggest security stories that kept us on the edge of our seats in 2011. Some experts called 2011 the Year of the Hack, as hackers targeted everyone.