The recent cyberattack on Morocco's Social Security Fund (CNSS) has exposed sensitive data from thousands of salary declarations, including those of Moroccan employees at the Israeli Liaison Office in Rabat. The leak could pose serious risks for these individuals, potentially subjecting them to public scrutiny and jeopardizing their social integration. While the list does not include Israeli staff—who are paid directly by Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs—it reveals the names of each of the office's fifteen Moroccan employees as of August 2024. More than the details of gross salaries (ranging from 2,700 to 12,600 dirhams), it is the disclosure of identities that is extremely sensitive. This data leak exposes the company's employees, who risk being singled out in the context of the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In Morocco, opposition to normalization with Israel remains strong, and thousands of people regularly demonstrate against Israeli massacres in Gaza. For some of these employees, their association with the Israeli Liaison Office may have been a closely guarded secret, kept even from close friends and family. Now, the risk of social stigma, harassment, or even physical violence is very real. Following the leak, some social media users on X have gone as to label the Moroccan staff members as «zionists». This raises ethical concerns about the potentially negligent harm caused by the actions of hacktivists, particularly when personal data is disclosed without regard for the human impact on uninvolved third parties. It is important to note that this cyberattack, attributed to a group of Algerian hackers, is considered the largest data leak in Morocco. It involves the salary declarations of 2 million employees from 500,000 companies affiliated with the CNSS, as well as 3,000 pay slips belonging to employees of the Ministry of Employment.
