Morocco is a sovereign North African country in the MENA region.
Overview
Morocco is a sovereign North African country in the MENA region. The threat landscape affecting Morocco includes regional social-engineering scams, mobile spyware activity, and global botnet activity tied to cloud outages, underscoring risk to its government, critical infrastructure, and digital economy. Global regulatory shifts around spyware and rapid device patching also shape the online threat environment Morocco must monitor.
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Recent Intelligence Reports
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- Russia-linked accounts spread far-right narrative online during Ceuta migration crisis, analysis finds — Theguardian · August 7, 2026
- EU ministers condemn foreign 'information interference' in Ceuta crisis — Africanews · August 4, 2026
- The EU has launched an investigation into Russia's possible involvement — Ua.News · August 4, 2026