Morocco, third most targeted with cyberattacks in Africa- Kaspersky

Cybersecurity and anti-virus provider firm Kaspersky said Morocco ranks third among the African countries most targeted by cyberattacks in 2024.

“There were 131,580,587 web threats detected in 2024 in the African region, including almost 20 million attack attempts in Kenya, almost 17 million in South Africa, and 12.6 million in Morocco,” the company said in recently released data on the sidelines of Gitex Africa, in Marrakech.

Concerning malware that is spread via removable USB drives, CDs and DVDs, or that initially makes way onto the computer in non-open form, Morocco was among the African countries that have been seriously threatened together with Nigeria, Ethiopia, South African and Senegal.

The company reported a spike of threats related to data theft on the continent. According to Kaspersky data, there was a 14% growth in spyware attack detections on businesses in the African region from 2023 to 2024.

Several Moroccan institutions, including the social security fund, have been targeted by cyberattacks in recent days. An Algerian group claimed responsibility for the data theft.