Victim Claim
ires.ma
Claimed by
apt73
Listed on leak site
27 Apr 2026
Reported attack date
27 Apr 2026
Group claims tracked
78
Unverified claim.
This entry reproduces a listing published by the apt73 group on its own extortion site.
Attackers routinely exaggerate or fabricate victims. Nothing here confirms that
ires.ma suffered a breach, or what data was actually taken.
About the organisation
Institut Royal des Études Stratégiques is a state—owned analytical center in Morocco, which i...
What the listing means
ires.ma appeared on the apt73 leak site on 27 April 2026. Groups publish a victim once negotiations stall or as pressure during them, so a listing usually means data was already exfiltrated. This group has published 9 claims in the last 30 days and remains active.
Recommended actions
- Treat any unsolicited message referencing ires.ma as suspicious — leaked data gets weaponised for phishing within days.
- If you hold an account on ires.ma, change that password now, update it anywhere you reused it, and enable two-factor authentication.
- Other Public Sector organisations should review this group's known TTPs and validate detection coverage against them.
- Watch for follow-on extortion: stolen data is often re-leaked or resold after the initial listing.
- A leak-site listing is a claim made by the attacker, not a confirmed breach — check the organisation's own disclosures before acting on it.
Leak-site evidence
Listing URL https://www.ransomware.live/id/aXJlcy5tYUBhcHQ3Mw==
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Captured from the group's extortion site. It may contain the victim's data or the attacker's messaging.
