Jabaroot
Aliases: Jabaroot DZ
- Origin
- DZ
- Primary motivation
- espionage
- Sophistication
- intermediate
- Resource level
- team
- Actor type
- hacktivist
- Profile updated
- 2026-07-07 12:20:53
Targeted industries: government-and-public-sector
Targeted regions: country_code:ma
Context
JabaRoot is an Algerian hacker group that has targeted Moroccan government systems, successfully exfiltrating sensitive data from the Ministry of Economic Inclusion and the National Social Security Fund (CNSS). The group has claimed responsibility for the breach, which has raised concerns among cybersecurity experts regarding its scale and impact on citizens' privacy. The motives behind the attack remain unclear, but it has been noted as one of Morocco's most significant cyber-attacks affecting multiple victims. Resecurity has identified the group's activities as part of a broader trend of APT targeting government entities in the region.
Reports & references
- resecurity.com — Cybercriminals Attacked National Social Security Fund Of Morocco Millions Of Digital Identities At Risk Of Data Breach (report)