- The Rectorate of the UPV/EHU in a statement has condemned "with the utmost firmness" the alleged case of espionage of the workers of the university center. Infolibre announced that, in Kitch’s case, the university’s chief of security passed information to the Spanish police about a UPV worker.
According to Naiz, the Rectorate of the UPV/EHU stated on Thursday that it "rejects as firmly as possible the alleged espionage of university staff" and recalled that "it is strictly forbidden to provide non-public data on university staff, unless these data are requested by court order".
He also points out that they know nothing about the leaks and that the university will denounce anyone acting illegally.
In a second point of the notification, "rejects" behaviors aimed at following the trajectory of certain people. He also considers that "the imputation of this leak to the trusted staff of the current rectoral team is a bad attitude and unfounded."
He concludes by saying that in addition to showing solidarity with people who have been "directly harmed", he will study the implementation of "administrative or judicial acts".
Kitch case
Having regard to the notification of the Rectorado of the UPV/EHU, at the request of LAB, Eva Ferreira. According to information published by Infolibre, the Chief of Security of the UPV/EHU reported on the political affiliation of the center staff in the police network immersed in the case of Kitch.
In the WhatsApp messages exchanged by Francisco Martínez, former Secretary of State for Security in the Government of Mariano Rajoy, with the heads of the Central Operational Assistance Unit of the Spanish Police (UCAO), the reference of a professor of the UPV appears.
LAB says if this information is confirmed to be "especially serious" and asks for explanations from the university.