Cyber Earthquake or Exaggeration? Houthi Hacker Group Claims Leak of Full Saudi Intelligence Database

The "Aws Al-Qarni for Hacking" group, an affiliate of the Cyber Defense Organization under the Ansar Allah Houthi movement, claimed it had published a complete database of the Saudi General Intelligence Presidency.

In a statement issued by the group, they said they had created a "turning point in the history of intelligence warfare," claiming that for the first time in the world, the full database of an intelligence agency—the Saudi General Intelligence Presidency—had been publicly revealed.

They alleged that "this information includes the real names of all officers, their mobile phone numbers, home addresses, direct contact lines at their workplaces, home phone numbers, positions, ongoing files, organizational data, administrative structure, and the complete list of operational stations around the world."

The group emphasized in its statement that "this event represents not only the biggest intelligence blow to the Saudi regime since its establishment until today, but also has no parallel in the history of global security, as never before has an intelligence agency's database been made available to the public with such a level of detail and sensitivity."

It stated that this leak revealed, according to its claims, "the hollow nature and structural disorder of a regime that failed even to protect its elite officers, yet still claims leadership of the region, and now every officer, station, and file is within the range of the Yemeni resistance."

The group directed a warning to Saudi authorities, stating that "the era of hiding in the shadows and illusory security has ended," affirming that what happened today is the beginning of a new chapter in their security collapse.

Earlier, the group announced that it would make available within one hour complete information regarding 500 security officers belonging to the House of Saud regime accessible to the public.

Between Propaganda and Cyber Reality

In most cases, Saudi authorities do not officially respond to such statements or announcements issued by hacking groups linked to their political opponents, especially if these statements come from obscure cyber groups during wartime.

Regardless of the truth or falsehood of the statement by the "Aws Al-Qarni for Hacking" group, this type of "epic" data in the world of cybersecurity raises many questions and skepticism among experts and analysts.

These technical doubts intersect with reports published by independent global cybersecurity firms that tracked digital activity in the region; reports from Recorded Future and Lookout indicate that the actual capabilities of cyber groups linked to Yemen (which companies sometimes classify under names like OilAlpha) are mostly concentrated on individual espionage campaigns and phishing attacks, through simple social engineering and implanting malicious software like GuardZoo on individuals' phones.

Analysts from these firms explain that this technical approach accounts for the possibility of such groups obtaining lists of names or phone numbers of officers or employees due to a breach of an individual phone, and then presenting them media-wise in the context of "psychological warfare and propaganda" as a comprehensive and radical breach of sovereign intelligence networks technologically isolated from the public internet.

Based on this, security experts classify such data as "media exaggerations" lacking independent digital verification, remaining within the realm of political claims until proven otherwise with concrete, undeniable technical evidence.

Source: RT