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47 employees of state institutions in Azerbaijan fell victim to hackers

14 July 2025 10:44 (UTC +04:00)

The State Service for Special Communications and Information Security (SCIS) continues to conduct audits and monitoring on information security in order to protect state institutions from existing and potential threats, the Service told APA-Economics.

According to the information, despite the "Cyber Hygiene Project" implemented for employees of state institutions, the promotion of the application of the "Instructions on Ensuring Information Security", as well as other awareness-raising measures, 95 employees of 47 state institutions became victims of hacker attacks during the first half of the current year due to non-compliance with cyber hygiene rules.

16% of civil servants targeted by hackers were employees with administrative authority, which, in addition to causing serious concern, indicates that internal information security control in those state institutions is insufficient and that necessary steps have not been taken in this area. SCIS has informed those state institutions to take appropriate measures.

In addition, citizens who fail to follow information security and personal cyber hygiene rules when using the Internet also become victims of hacker attacks. Such individuals, by becoming victims of these cyberattacks, not only compromise the data on their personal computers but also inadvertently expose authentication credentials (login, password) and personal information related to electronic services of government agencies to hackers. In the first half of 2025, the number of citizens who fell victim to cyberattacks while using government services reached 6,164.

No.	Electronic Service Provider	Citizen
1	State Examination Center	2406
2	Innovation and Digital Development Agency	2101
3	State Tax Service under the Ministry of Economy	692
4	Ministry of Internal Affairs	341
5	State Migration Service	216
6	Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of Population	109
7	Ministry of Health	100
8	State Agency for Compulsory Health Insurance	60
9	Ministry of Foreign Affairs	30
10	State Customs Committee	24
11	State Agency for Public Service and Social Innovations	24
12	State Statistical Committee	20
13	Ministry of Finance	17
14	Ministry of Justice	8

15	Judicial and Legal Council Court Portal	4
16	Science Development Foundation	4
17	State Service for Mobilization and Conscription	2
18	Chamber of Auditors	1
19	Ministry of Science and Education	1
20	Azerbaijan Standardization Institute	1
21	Azerenergy OJSC	1
22	State Advertising Agency	1
23	National Depository Center	1
*	NUMBER OF CITIZENS USING GOVERNMENT SERVICES WHO HAVE BEEN VICTIMS OF HACKERS

The State Service for Special Communications and Information Security once again reminds state institutions of the importance of strengthening internal information security control and connecting to a centralized antivirus system in order to organize reliable protection against increasing cyber threats and strengthen personal cyber hygiene. The service also recommends that citizens use antiviruses individually, including not clicking on suspicious links sent to protect against cyber attacks, and sending information about fake domains to the “blacklist.gov.az” platform.