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Ministry of Justice and Legal Affairs of Oman hit by network compromise

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The Ministry of Justice and Legal Affairs of Oman suffered an active intrusion that exposed session logs and more than 26,000 user records, raising risk to judicial and registry data. An open directory on 172.86.76[.]127 contained live compromise artifacts, including a toolkit and C2 code. The exposed material included judicial case data, committee decisions, and SAM and SYSTEM registry hives.

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Timeline

  1. 06.05.2026 16:00 2 articles · 2mo ago

    Omani justice ministry intrusion campaign exposed

    Initial Disclosure

    Hunt.io exposed an active intrusion campaign against the Ministry of Justice and Legal Affairs of Oman after finding an open directory on 172.86.76[.]127, a RouterHosting VPS in the United Arab Emirates, with toolkit files, C2 code, session logs, and exfiltrated data left in plain sight. The exposed material linked the compromise to more than 26,000 Ministry of Justice user records plus judicial case data, committee decisions, and SAM and SYSTEM registry hives.

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