Syrian Government X Accounts Briefly Hijacked in Cyberattack Amid Regional Tensions
At least 10 official Syrian accounts on X were briefly compromised in a cyberattack that exposed vulnerabilities in the country’s digital infrastructure during a period of rising regional conflict.
Several official government accounts in Syria were briefly hijacked on the social media platform X, the country’s Ministry of Communications and Information Technology said on Tuesday, raising concerns about the security of state digital infrastructure at a moment of heightened regional tensions.
In a statement posted on Facebook, the ministry said it had temporarily lost control of a number of accounts but had coordinated with platform administrators to restore access and prevent further misuse.
It added that specialists at the National Information Security Center were working to address vulnerabilities and would introduce new, binding governance controls for official accounts. Cybersecurity, the ministry said, is a “shared responsibility,” and a broader regulatory framework to strengthen digital protections would be announced soon.
The perpetrators have not been identified. Before the accounts were recovered, several carried posts expressing pro-Israel messages, according to activity logs on the platform, fueling speculation about a political motive behind the breach.
At least 10 accounts belonging to sovereign and service institutions were affected, including those of the General Secretariat of the Presidency, the Syrian Central Bank and the Ministries of Transport, Higher Education and Scientific Research, Education, and Youth and Sports, as well as the Supreme Committee for People’s Assembly Elections. It was not immediately clear whether the breach was limited to unauthorized posts or extended to internal data.
Alaa Ghazzal, a technology expert, said it was “not possible to determine the responsible party without clear technical data and digital evidence,” adding that the episode “indicates weaknesses in the management and protection mechanisms of official accounts, and that attribution requires a thorough technical investigation.”
The cyberattack came on the third day of the escalating conflict involving Iran, amplifying concerns about the resilience of Syria’s digital systems during periods of acute regional strain.
Viktor Shelest