Alegria’s justice ministry said its verified Twitter account was hacked after posts surfaced claiming support for the Russian military operation in Ukraine, and accusing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky of “Naziism and the murder of his own citizens.”
The Algerian ministry, which blamed Moroccan hackers, told the state-owned Algerian official radio it will file a lawsuit “against the cyberattack targeting an official institution.”
“All publications attributed to Algeria and insulting its international positions have nothing to do with the official website of the Ministry of Justice,” the statement said.
Moroccan officials did not respond to the allegations – as it has come to be the case with the many incidents Algerian officials have blamed Morocco for.
These include the killing three of Algerian nationals on a desert highway, the wildfires that had erupted in Algeria’s Kabylie region in August of last year – and many more.
Algeria cut relations with Morocco over what it called hostile actions.
In a 2019 ranking by Comparitech, a website specialized in internet security, Algeria ranked the world’s least cyber-secure country, lacking legislation and computer malware rates, and obtained a high score in mobile malware and preparation for cyber-attacks.
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