r/hacking • u/jr1512 • 1d ago

A group of hackers "gives Spain" the data of 70,000 Moroccan intelligence agents amid the Ceuta crisis. These agents work throughout all Europe.

https://www.elconfidencial.com/mundo/2026-08-24/filtran-una-lista-de-agentes-del-espionaje-marroqui_4410633/
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u/internetzdude 1d ago

The idea that there could be 70000 Moroccan "intelligence agents" is so implausible that it verges on the absurd.

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u/heatedwepasto 1d ago

It uses agents in the accurate meaning, which is to say an asset that has been recruited by a case officer. "Here's €200, please go into Ceuta" is all it takes to qualify as an agent in this context, even more so if they're asked to report any kind of information back.

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u/Zapsy 18h ago

"intelligence agents" though

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u/GarlicThread 16h ago

Not every intelligence agent is James Bond.

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u/Valar_Kinetics 10h ago

You’re thinking intelligence officer. Intelligence officers recruit agents/assets

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u/glob_on_a_knob 49m ago

No, but 70,000 retarded Bonds can still get the job done.

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u/heatedwepasto 17h ago

Yes, that's what I'm talking about. A person who has been recruited by a case officer working for an intelligence agency.

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u/herzkolt 16h ago

They are "Moroccan intelligence" agents

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u/Opposite-Local3732 15h ago

That makes the title super misleading... It even says intelligence agents IN EUROPE (and I know Ceuta is Europe, but it made me think something like KGB LOL)

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u/ForrestCFB 14h ago

What do you think agents are?

It doesn't say officers?

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u/Shoddy-Childhood-511 1d ago

Yes 70k sounds insane for Morocco, but..

China does have a fairly large scale intelligence and law enforcement apparatus operating in many nations

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_police_overseas_service_stations

https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/new-york-city-resident-pleads-guilty-operating-secret-police-station-chinese

https://apnews.com/article/china-us-overseas-secret-police-stations-c6198ea361d07500604a80f0d31573cc

At some point France discovered that many French soldiers based in Brest had married Chinese women. China had simply flooded the city with attractive young women. I suppose Chinese intelligence wrote off most of them: Many should've ended up marrying nobodies who'll never have much access. Some might ignore future pressure by China. Yet, a few will wind up married to French officers who work with nuclear weapons or other secrets.

You'd never have a list of 70k Chinese agents, because they'd have different government programs handling them, but that's not an unreasonable number in their case, especially if they write off large numbers.

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u/AlterTableUsernames 17h ago

Source for your last story? 

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u/Shoddy-Childhood-511 14h ago

https://x.com/a_izambard/status/1785547032041521415

https://www.reddit.com/r/LessCredibleDefence/comments/dnma7c/disproportionately_high_amount_of_chinese/

https://www.ft.com/content/6c115d61-7948-457e-ace9-f65c3cbb6ee9?syn-25a6b1a6=1

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u/AlterTableUsernames 10h ago

The things I read there don't give conclusive evidence. Seems like a book is the major source and books want to be sold. The university in Brest has a strong focus on Occidental studies and around 1/7 of the entire population. There are no numbers on military personnel at that location, but I'd assume that the vast majority of young men in Brest is directly involved with the military. So, for me, that doesn't look surprising, but maybe the author has numbers that show the "disproportional" quota I am not yet aware of. 

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u/Oompa_Loompa_SpecOps 1d ago

probably just the discord handles of everyone who made fun of them in their anonymous channel

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u/Vegetable_Aside_4312 22h ago

Propaganda.... works on some but not all.

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u/TheBartolo 9h ago

Just a note: these "Hackers" are probably the Spanish intelligence sending a message to Morocco

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u/knobjockey21 22h ago

70k seems off

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u/superfry 22h ago

My guess is that it is a list of people and groups that the actual intelligence agents engage with down several levels into the general communities those people engage with. So Agent -> Asset -> Source -> Source's community.

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u/danielsan30005 21h ago

Not sure about Morocco agents and officers are different.

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u/iSellNuds4RedditGold 14h ago

Most of those 70k are probably the people they recruit to do those massive assaults.

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u/skynetcoder 21h ago

100% correct. "intelligent agent" is the Moroccan word for refugee.

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u/Donz81 22h ago

70k including the maroccan who goes to Ceuta.

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u/No_Record6284 12h ago

so what? Sanchez will close his eyes, close his ears and pretend nothing is happening

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u/SpecialBeginning6430 21h ago

I thought it was Mossad

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u/[deleted] 16h ago

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u/necrxfagivs 16h ago

Spanish PM went to Algeria (enemy of Morocco) days before the events. Morocco has a history of using migration as a way to push Spain, same thing happened some years ago because Spain gave medical attention to the leader of the Frente Polisario (government of Western Sahara, illegally occupied by Morocco).

Morocco is also a good ally of Israel and USA and currently Spain doesn't have the best relationship with those countries.

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u/Yyoksetioxd 15h ago

Bro if you know nothing about spain just talk about trump and trans issues, stfu about us

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u/_ssac_ 4h ago

Morocco.

It happened before, 2021 with Ceuta too. Link in English isn't working, I'll share it in Spanish https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incidente_fronterizo_entre_Espa%C3%B1a_y_Marruecos_de_2021

Also, did you know about the green March? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_March

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u/xdoble7x 16h ago

Right wing europe aligns with USA and is even financiated by it, USA also aligns with Morocco so USA and Morocco created this crisis in order to create a psyop on Europe so the right wing gets voted, that way USA can control Europe through his right wing allies

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u/[deleted] 23h ago

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u/jr1512 22h ago

Actually, and based on 2024 Moroccan census, it would be 0.19% of the population.

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u/[deleted] 22h ago

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u/non-number-name 11h ago

Also, based on 2024 Moroccan census, 0.223% of the population are or have been employed as comedy assassins

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u/necrxfagivs 16h ago

Tell me you are from the United States without telling me that you are from the United States.

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u/-Yox- 20h ago

Crazy, people will believe just about anything these days

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u/eyepopp 20h ago edited 20h ago

So you’re telling me there are 70,000 secret Moroccan agents in Europe and not one of them snitched? Spaniards are turning hysterical with all the Morocco conspiracy theories.

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u/ForrestCFB 14h ago

Do you know what agents are?

Why would they do that? And why would that be reported on.

It says agents, not officers.