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www[.]gov[.]mz
Country United Kingdom
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The organization is known by the alias Mozambique. Its headquarters is located in the United Kingdom. On 2022-02-21, a Mozambican government web portal hosting official sites was compromised in a cyberattack. The attack involved web defacement of the portal. As a result, authorities took the affected server offline temporarily.

This action disrupted public access to the government web portal. Attackers replaced the legitimate content with imagery associated with jihadist militants linked to the Islamic State. The Islamic State has been conducting a prolonged violent insurgency in Mozambique's northern Cabo Delgado region. The incident highlighted ongoing security challenges facing the country. National and international forces have been engaged in efforts to counter extremist activities in the Cabo Delgado area.

The event was reported by Macau Business, with the article available at https://www.macaubusiness.com/mozambique-government-says-website-hacked/. The organization shares its name with the country affected by the incident. Being headquartered in the United Kingdom, the organization operates outside the geographic scope of the attacked portal. No further details about the organization's core products, services, or market scope are provided in the source material. Consequently, the profile is limited to the confirmed facts of alias, headquarters location, and the referenced cyber incident.

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