‘Yemen Cyber Army’ Claims to Have Dug Into Saudi Government Secrets

As a Saudi coalition unleashes airstrikes against Yemen, a group of hacktivists says it has raided classified computer files from a number of Riyadh’s government agencies.

Known as the Yemen Cyber Army, the group is acting up in the style of hacktivist collective Anonymous.

"Your Network Hacked By Yemen Cyber Army," reads one batch of data published online by the group. "We Are Anonymous. We Are Everywhere. We Are Legion. We do Not Forgive. We do Not Forget. Stop Attacking To Our Country!"

This message is followed by what is purported to be the personal information of not only foreign ministry staff and diplomats, but also spies and Saudi intelligence operatives.

The group claims to have obtained the information through the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs network, and that they have "full control over more than 3000 computers."

In addition to the Foreign Affairs Ministry, these documents allegedly were also obtained through access to the Interior Ministry and Defense Ministry.

According to Iranian media, government workers came in on May 21 to find the Yemen Cyber Army’s calling cards flashing across their computer screens.