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Ya Biladi
4 days ago
- Politics
- Ya Biladi
After CNSS, Algerian hacking group Jabaroot strikes again, targeting Morocco's land registry
For the past two months, users of the National Agency for Land Conservation, Cadastre, and Cartography (ANCFCC) platform have been unable to download cadastral documents online. While this restriction was initially seen as a heightened security measure following the recent CNSS hacking incident, it now appears to be linked to a new massive data leak. The same hacking group behind the previous breach—Jabaroot, which claims Algerian origins—has posted a link on a dark web forum revealing: - Over 10,000 property certificates in PDF format, taken from a database said to contain more than 10 million records. Around 20,000 assorted documents—including notarial deeds, ID cards, passports, civil status records, and bank statements—representing a sample from a collection of more than 4 million files, totaling 4 terabytes of data. - Documents marked as «VIP», allegedly containing sensitive information on prominent Moroccan figures such as Mohammed Yassine Mansouri, head of foreign intelligence; Nasser Bourita, Minister of Foreign Affairs; and Fouzi Lekjaa, Delegate Minister for the Budget. A Hack with Geopolitical Implications According to the message posted alongside the leak—which forum admins have since removed—the attack is meant to retaliate against what the hackers call «anti-Algerian propaganda recently spread by certain Moroccan media». These outlets reported that Paris was considering freezing the assets of high-ranking Algerian officials—a claim the hackers dismiss as false—and accuse Rabat of interfering in a bilateral issue between France and Algeria. But this explanation seems like a smokescreen. Why target Moroccan officials when the threat of asset freezes comes from Paris? The hack looks more like a diversion by Algiers, coming right after a diplomatic setback : The United Kingdom, the third permanent member of the UN Security Council, officially backed Morocco's autonomy plan for the Sahara. This major political shift drew a sharp and confused response from Algeria's Foreign Minister, Mohamed Attaf. CNSS hack —also linked to Jabaroot—which compromised the personal data of thousands of insured individuals, including their salary information.
Morocco World
12-03-2025
- Politics
- Morocco World
French Commission Approves Expulsion of Algerian TikToker ‘Doualemn'
Rabat – The expulsion commission in Hérault, France, issued today a favorable opinion supporting authorities' request to expel Algerian TikToker 'Doualemn.' The three-magistrate commission endorsed the previous decision to deport the Algerian social media influencer, whose previous deportation attempt sparked diplomatic tensions between Paris and Algiers, after Algeria denied him access to its territory. Doualemn's lawyer David-Bellouard characterized the ruling as politically motivated, claiming her client has become 'a standard-bearer for this government's migration policy.' The commission's advisory opinion came from a panel of two judicial court magistrates and one administrative judge following a public hearing on March 5 during which Doulamen received a five-month suspended prison term. The court issued the sentence charging Doulamen of 'incitement to commit a crime or offense.' The case centers on 59-year-old Boualem Naman, a maintenance worker known online as 'Doualemn' with approximately 138,000 TikTok followers. The Hérault prefect had requested the hearing to pursue territorial expulsion measures against him. David-Bellouard stated she would challenge any expulsion decision through emergency procedures and on substantive grounds. The controversy began in early January when Doualemn posted a video inciting hate speech against anti-Algerian activists. Read also: 'Algeria Seeks to Humiliate France': French-Algerian Diplomatic Tensions Deepen The video initially prompted French authorities to revoke his residence permit and deport him to Algeria on January 9. However, Algerian officials immediately returned him to France, triggering a diplomatic crisis between the nations. French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau responded to Algeria's move as a step 'seeking to humiliate France.' Algiers went on to deny entry to several irregular migrants, including the perpetrator of a February 22 attack in Mulhouse, leading to a further escalation in diplomatic tension. The Administrative Court of Melun subsequently annulled his obligation to leave French territory (OQTF), ordering authorities to restart proceedings with an adversarial debate, which led to his appearance before the expulsion commission. The case is part of broader ongoing tensions in Franco-Algerian relations, ignited particularly following Paris' pivotal position on Morocco's southern provinces. Algeria strongly opposes France's endorsement of Morocco's autonomy plan and its territorial integrity over its southern provinces. Tags: Algeria France RelationsDoualemn case
El Chorouk
19-02-2025
- Politics
- El Chorouk
French Interior Minister, Right-Wing Figures Resume Escalation Against Algeria
After a cautious calm, marked by the lack of anti-Algerian media outings led by the French Interior Minister, Bruno Retailleau, the concentrated targeting of Algeria by French officials and non-officials has returned to the forefront, on more than one front, especially illegal immigrants and the imprisonment of the French writer, Boualem Sansal. As usual, the French Interior Minister spearheaded this targeting, but other figures emerged by sharing one thing in common: hostility to Algeria and an attempt to undermine its interests, in addition to their ideological and political background. Here, we refer to the President of the Association of Mayors of France and Mayor of Cannes, David Lisnard, who was elected within the ranks of the right-wing Republican party (LR), to which Bruno Retailleau belongs. The president of the French Mayors Association went too far in attacking Algeria, calling on the French authorities to close the Algerian consulates on French soil, in a statement that is not based on any legal or diplomatic justification, because strict diplomatic norms govern the consulates. David Lisnard's remarks came in an attempt to pressure the Algerian authorities to release the French writer of Algerian origin, Boualem Sansal, who has been imprisoned since mid-November, due to hostile statements targeting Algeria's territorial integrity. The mayor of Cannes spoke about the need to 'create a balance of power' with Algeria saying that France must take a more firm stance in the face of the legal decisions taken by the Algerian authorities, especially those concerning figures with dual nationality. He stressed that 'the nation has to defend its citizens' about Boualem Sansal, a principle he considers fundamental in managing international relations. In this regard, an event was held in France to demand Sansal's release, and his lawyer, François Zimeray, who is banned from entering Algeria due to his positions in support of the Zionist entity at the expense of Palestinian rights, tried to soften his tone towards the Algerian authorities, saying that 'this stand is not directed against Algeria, but rather to support Boualem Sansal's steadfastness in prison.' Sansal's lawyer, a French diplomat of Jewish origin and a fierce defender of Zionism, who previously served as ambassador to Denmark, had tried to visit his client in Algeria, but the Algerian authorities refused to grant him a visa, in line with their firm positions on activists who support Zionism. Meanwhile, right-wing French media sources, including 'Marianne' and 'Le Figaro', reported that Sansal was required to change his lawyer, who was rejected by Algeria. It is worth noting that the local lawyers' organization had allocated three lawyers for him at its expense. The French Interior Minister did not fail to keep up with this escalation, as he tended to reduce his media appearances after the dialogue conducted by President Abdelmadjid Tebboune with the French newspaper 'L'Opinion', which included phrases and positions that were understood as a call for the French side to calm down, followed by instructions to Retailleau to stop delving into Algerian-French relations, which remain the exclusive powers of the Elysee Palace (the French presidency) as well as the Quai d'Orsay (the French Foreign Ministry), which was personally confirmed by Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot and the French government spokeswoman, Sophie Primas, in press statements. In his new statement, the Interior Minister threatened to punish Air Algérie with 'retaliatory measures' due to its refusal to transport Algerian deportees from France because they do not have consular permits from the Algerian consulates located on French soil, as happened with the influencer 'Boualem' and other cases after him, all of whom were returned on board the planes that brought them from France.
