Jordan's communications minister and official government spokesperson, Faisal Shboul, announced on Monday that Jordan has been subjected to cyber attacks from 220,000 fake accounts managed by an external entity, a crisis that the country has faced in previous years. Minister Shboul participated in a session of the Jordanian parliamentary legal committee to discuss the 2023 Cyber Crimes Law, which has sparked considerable debate among media and political circles in the country regarding some of its proposed amendments.
Shboul explained that "the purpose of using this example during the discussion of the law is to reveal the methods by which countries combat cyber attacks at specific times during particular crises." He affirmed that "the threat of cyber attacks cannot be addressed and confronted during times of crisis or otherwise except through law and legislation." Shboul also stated that linking press freedom to cyber crime is an unfair connection, emphasizing that the new law will not infringe upon press freedom.
