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Senegalese Data Breaches Expose Lack of Security Maturity

ID: a827cafa-e2fa-5473-ac93-06a6b18d2df6

STIX ID: report--a827cafa-e2fa-5473-ac93-06a6b18d2df6

Feed Name: Dark Reading

Threat Score
90/100

Date Published: 2026-02-12

Date Updated: 2026-04-21

Author: Nate Nelson

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On Jan 19 a ransomware group calling itself "The Green Blood Group" compromised two DAF servers in Senegal — including the domain controller and a personal-data (Perso) database — exfiltrating and publishing sensitive biometric and national ID records (reportedly ~139GB, claimed 139TB) affecting millions of citizens, disrupting ID issuance, and highlighting systemic gaps in cybersecurity and data governance across national biometric ID programs.

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