Quik Saw Choo

Force in Play

As of May 2026: Alerted Senegalese officials to the breach

Senegal's 19.5 million residents may have lost their biometric data in a ransomware attack on the government agency that issues national ID cards and passports. A group called Green Blood claims it exfiltrated 139 gigabytes of citizen records—including fingerprints, photographs, and identity documents—from the Directorate of File Automation, forcing the agency to suspend operations in early February 2026.

Updated May 27