The Moroccan authorities have rejected that their security systems and databases have suffered an "intrusion" as a result of a cyber attack, and maintain that the information disclosed on Tuesday by a group of 'hackers' actually comes from "insurance companies" and "health organizations".
The General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) and the General Directorate of Territorial Surveillance (DGST) have "categorically" denied any "violation" of "their information systems or security databases" and have emphasized that these "meet the highest standards of cybersecurity".
In a statement disseminated on social media, the DGST insisted that "the personal data recently published was not the result of a cyber attack on security systems", but rather "old data downloaded from databases and information systems managed by insurance companies and health and social security organizations".
The agency has also warned about "the frequent dissemination of manipulated photographs, presented in a misleading and malicious manner as if they showed employees of various security agencies", in addition to "the circulation of forged documents that are supposedly security documents".
"The falsity of these photographs and documents is completely evident, given the use of uniforms and military ranks that do not exist in Morocco nor are used in the DGSN," the institution pointed out, adding that "the leaked documents contain inaccurate visual identities and blatant grammatical errors".
In this context, it reiterated that, although "it is committed to refuting all false information alleging a cyber attack on security data systems", they "are not connected to open Internet networks", and specified that the authorities will continue investigations "to identify and arrest all those involved in the fabrication, preparation, and dissemination of this false content".
The statement comes after the group of hackers Jabaroot made public a list with personal data of more than 70,000 people, whom they attributed the status of members of the security forces and other Moroccan national agencies.
Jabaroot, which has taken responsibility for several cyberattacks against institutions in Morocco in recent years, assured that this supposed 'hacking' was a "message directed at Spain" after the serious migration crisis recorded at the end of July in Ceuta, when thousands of people crossed irregularly from Moroccan territory to the autonomous city.
According to the group, among the information disseminated there would be data from high-ranking officials of the DGSN and the DGST, and it even claimed to have details about those responsible and orders issued during the aforementioned crisis, from which Rabat has distanced itself. However, the data can no longer be consulted, as they have been removed from the platform where they were hosted.