by Rabat, Morocco (AP) -The Social Insurance Agency in Morocco said that data poles were stolen from his systems in a cyber attack this week, which led to personal information in the messaging app telegram leaked through.
The social security fund of the North African kingdom manages pensions and insurance benefits for millions of workers from the private sector, from assembly workers to company managers. In a statement on Wednesday, on Wednesday it states that preliminary investigations indicate that the leak resulted from hackers that dealt with its security systems.
The agency did not say who was responsible for the leak and at the same time claimed that many of the published documents were “misleading, inaccurate or incomplete”.
The hackers who published the documents on Telegram said that the attack was a reaction to alleged Moroccan “harassment” of Algeria on social media platforms and promised additional cyber attacks when Algerian websites were targeted.
Moroccan media have attributed the attack of Algerian hackers and described it as an episode in a larger cyberwar between the two countries.
Relations between Algeria and Morocco have recently deteriorated to historical lows. The countries have withdrawn their ambassadors, closed their messages and the respective air spaces. The support of Algeria for the Polisario front, an independent movement that fights against Morocco against the controversial western Sahara, is one of the roots of tensions.
Some of the infiltrated information touch deeply sensitive topics in Morocco. The leaked documents include salary information that, if they are exactly, reflect enormous inequalities that would continue to plague Morocco despite its economic development. The Trove contains non -existent financial data on managers of state companies, political parties, numbers associated with the holding company and the charity fund of the royal family, and the Israeli liaison office in Rabat.
The National Commission of Morocco to protect personal data announced on Thursday that it was willing to examine symptoms of people who aim at the leak.
Mustapha Baitas, Morocco’s government spokesman, combined the attack with what he believed in the conflict of the international community increased support for Morocco – something he said: “Distribution of the enemies of our country so far that they harm them through these enemy actions.”
The US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said at the beginning of this week that he supported Morocco’s plan for the controversial area, a explanation of Algeria criticized on Thursday.
During his first term in office, President Donald Trump relocated Washington’s long -term position in 2020 to Morocco’s sovereignty over the territory. The government of President Joe Biden has neither reversed nor supported the guideline.
