The rate of cybercrime in Spain increased by 6.1% in 2021 compared to 2020. Several people, including Moroccans, have been arrested and are under investigation for this offense.
The Civil Guard has arrested four people in Algeciras who attempted to send various electronic materials to Morocco. In total, more than a thousand phones and about two thousand objects of "illegal origin" were seized.
As of July 10, 2022, the procedure for issuing the electronic visa "eVisa" via the acces-maroc.ma platform becomes operational. This is the solution found by the government to facilitate the issuance of visas to foreign nationals subject to this formality.
HCL technologies, a giant Indian IT company, will set up in Morocco to create a "Delivery center", which could generate thousands of jobs. An agreement has been signed to this effect with the government.
The National Intelligence Center (CNI - Spain) revealed in a report that a group of Moroccan hackers infected Spanish websites, just days after the Ghali affair broke out in April 2021.
The company Oracle, specialized in computer database management systems, will set up a research and development center in Morocco, its first in Africa.
Ericsson has announced the signing of protocol agreements with major Moroccan universities, in order to strengthen their partnerships in the fields of information technology skills development.
The National Defense Administration has warned of a security flaw concerning malware distributed via Powerpoint.
The website of the General Confederation of Moroccan Enterprises (CGEM) was hacked on Monday by Algerian hackers who were allegedly trained by Iran. The hacked site displayed the Algerian flag accompanied by a threatening message on the home page for a certain time.
The bill on the tax on computer equipment initiated by the government was easily voted by the House of Representatives.
Hackers affiliated with Iran are said to be linked to a series of targeted attacks on Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and telecommunications operators in Morocco, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia and Israel.
Established in Dakhla to engage the kingdom on a sustainable path in the fields of renewable energy and computing, the company Soluna Technologies, Ltd. is now called Harmattan Energy, Ltd. A name change that comes after Mechanical Technology, Inc. (MTI) acquired the Soluna Holdings subsidiary on August 12, 2021.