
Other details related to the investigation file of the Prosecutor's Office at the Court of First Instance of Tirana related to the Iranian cyber attacks against Albania have been disclosed. The Prosecutor's Office at the Court of First Instance of Tirana requested today the security measure "House Arrest" for 5 employees in the IT sector (information technology), in the Department of Public Administration.
However, the request of the prosecution was not taken into account by the Court of First Instance, as they imposed a more lenient measure for the 5 employees responsible for the data of Albanians. The Court of First Instance has decided as a security measure "Compulsion to Appear", for the 5 employees of Information technology at DAP.
The Prosecutor's Office issued these ban orders as part of investigations into cyber attacks carried out by Iran against state portals of online services. Specifically, the IT employees, Alketa Sulo, Altin Sallaku, Rudina Llagami, Igli Lubonja, Albi Gjeka, have abused their duty, as they should have requested a report from the economic operator who was responsible for the security situation on the administrata.al website and for antiviruses. used to protect this page.
The cyber attack against Albania, according to the Prosecutor's Office, had the sole purpose of the criminal act of destroying all systems and data, turning Albania decades later into a technological wasteland with zero digitization.
Among other things, the prosecution states that Albania's partners, such as Microsoft, FBI, and CISA, have provided support and cooperated with the Albanian teams with their physical presence in the agency after the attack on July 15-16, 2022. In parallel, all the findings and indicators of of this attack, it is established that the cyber aggression is a state attack by the Iranian government. Mainly the Ministry of Intelligence and the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
" Proxy " technology is used to cover the origin of the communication. From the temporarily disconnected communications, it has become clear that Iranian IPs were behind this attack. To obtain data from the infrastructure, a " Cyper tool " created by the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence was used to hack "email".
Iran is the only country in the world that has the cyber field at the ministry level, precisely to show the importance of this activity for them. The same hacking was also used for attacks against the United Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Jordan, Israel, Cyprus.
Po ashtu është përdorur metoda Zeroclear, e cila gjithashtu është e lidhur me Ministrinë e Inteligjencës Iraniane (MOIS) ku burimi i licencave është ndarë mes aktorëve të ndryshëm iraniane.
Personat e akuzuar janë:
Alketa Sulo – Specialist, Sektori i IT në Departamentin e Administratës Publike, Përgjegjës, Sektori i IT në Ministrinë e Brendshme;
Altin Sallaku– Përgjegjës, Sektori i IT në Departamentin e Administratës Publike, Përgjegjës, Sektori i IT në Drejtorinë e Përgjithshme të Burgjeve;
Rudina Llagami – Specialist, Sektori i IT në Departamentin e Administratës Publike;
Igli Lubonja – Specialist, Sektori i IT në Departamentin e Administratës Publike; dhe
Albi Gjeka – Specialist, Sektori i IT në Departamentin e Administratës Publike.
Kujtojmë se në korrik të këtij viti, shërbimet publike online dhe faqet qeveritare u mbyllën përkohësisht për shkak të sulmit kriminal kibernetik të sinkronizuar dhe të sofistikuar nga Irani. Pas sulmit kibernetik të faqeve zyrtare online, hakerët sulmuan më pas sistemin TIMS, duke sjellë kaos prej javësh në pikat kufitare të vendit.
Pasi sulmuan sistemin TIMS në Shqipëri, hakerat iranianë publikuan një video në faqen ‘Homeland Justice’ në pikën kufitare të Rinasit, në momentin që policët zbuluan se kishin rënë pre e një sulmi. Pas sistemit TIMS, grupi kriminal iranian publikoi të dhëna sensitive nga sistemi MEMEX, i cili përmban listën e personave të dyshuar si të përfshirë në veprimtari kriminale.
Later, the e-mails and data of the former Director of the State Police, Gladys Nano, were again published by the Iranian hackers of "Homeland Justice".
After Nano, the data of the current director of the State Police, Muhamet Rrumbullaku, and the two passports of Prime Minister Edi Rama, one diplomatic and one ordinary, as well as his travels from 2004 to May 2022, emerged. Hackers a few days ago published the patents with the personal data of Albanian citizens equipped with a driving license.