Morocco suffered an alleged security breach on 24 August, when hacker collective Jabaroot claimed to have released 70,000 names from the country’s police and intelligence network stationed in Europe “and within strategic Moroccan institutions”.
Compiled in four spreadsheets, the list mostly consists of unknown individuals within Morocco’s General Directorate of National Security (DGSN), the national police, and the General Directorate of Territorial Surveillance (DGST), the domestic intelligence. It details personal information such as birth dates, bank account numbers and supposed professional ranking.
The list also names some high-ranking officials, including the head of the DGSN and DGST, Abdellatif Hammouchi.
Morocco denied the attack, saying the data came from old information obtained from databases operated by insurance companies.
Jabaroot, which means “power” or “domination” in Arabic, released the data on Telegram, calling it a “gift to Spain”, coming weeks after the migrant crisis in which 72,000 people crossed into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta from Morocco.
