Algerian Hacker Wipes Romania's Land Registry After Extortion Failed
Zakaria Mahdjoub, an Algerian doxxed as ByteToBreach, entered ANCPI with valid credentials, mapped its network, then erased servers and backups.
- Real estate transactions across Romania halted; notaries could not record deeds for about a week.
- ANCPI is rebuilding its network from scratch; offline backups spared it from total data loss.
- KELA researchers doxxed him after ByteToBreach also hit Sweden's e-government portal and other agencies.
Why it matters: A land registry proves who owns what; one valid login was enough to erase that proof entirely.
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