Hackers Breach Morocco’s Social Security Database in Unprecedented Cyberattack

Hackers Breach Morocco’s Social Security Database in Unprecedented Cyberattack
The logo for the Telegram messaging app is seen on a notebook screen in Munich, Germany, Oct. 17, 2022. Matthias Schrader/AP Photo
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RABAT, Morocco—Morocco’s social security agency said troves of data were stolen from its systems in a cyberattack this week that resulted in personal information being leaked on the messaging app Telegram.

The North African kingdom’s social security fund administers pensions and insurance benefits to millions of private sector workers, from assembly line laborers to corporate executives. It said in a statement Wednesday that preliminary investigations suggest the leak resulted from hackers bypassing its security systems.