Following cyberattacks on CNSS, the Ministry of Employment, and the Tawtik platform, the Ministry of Justice is now in the crosshairs of hackers. The group Jabaroot, which claims to be Algerian, says it has taken control of the Moroccan judiciary's IT infrastructure and published sensitive data on thousands of magistrates. This massive leak is raising serious concerns. The hacker group Jabaroot, which claims to be based in Algeria, announced a new large-scale cyberattack in Morocco on Sunday, June 9. After previously targeting the CNSS, Morocco's National Social Security Fund and the Tawtik notary platform, the group now says it has breached the IT systems of the Ministry of Justice. In a message posted on its Telegram channel, Jabaroot claims to have obtained «very sensitive» data on Justice Minister Abdellatif Ouahbi and the broader Moroccan judiciary. The group alleges it has accessed a database containing personal information on around 5,000 magistrates and nearly 35,000 employees in the justice sector. The message includes two screenshots as evidence. One appears to show an Excel file listing confidential information about magistrates — including ID numbers, phone numbers, and email addresses. The second shows a magistrate's 2024 salary statement on the letterhead of the Superior Council of the Judiciary (CSPJ), raising fears that internal administrative data may have been compromised. Abdellatif Ouahbi in the Crosshairs The group singled out Justice Minister Abdellatif Ouahbi in its message, calling for a «transparent investigation» into previous cyberattacks on high-ranking Moroccan officials. However, unlike earlier leaks involving top political figures, no documents directly related to Ouahbi have been published. This latest breach marks a further escalation in cyberattacks. Just last week, Jabaroot claimed responsibility for hacking Tawtik, the platform used for digitizing notarial procedures in Morocco. The group published files and documents related to political figures involved in notarial transactions, raising significant alarm. Moroccan authorities have not yet issued an official response to the latest attack. While the authenticity of the leaked files has not been formally verified, the growing number of cyber intrusions is raising serious concerns about the security of the country's critical digital infrastructure.
