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Espionage for repression: hack-for-hire phishing campaign targets civil society in MENA
- Occurred
- Apr 8, 2026
- Published
- Apr 8, 2026
- Source
- Access Now
Summary
A new investigation by Access Now’s Digital Security Helpline has exposed a hack-for-hire campaign targeting two prominent Egyptian journalists and government critics, Mostafa Al-A’sar and Ahmed Eltantawy, through a series of spear-phishing attacks. The post Espionage for repression: hack-for-hire phishing campaign targets civil society in MENA appeared first on Access Now.
Tags
- digital security
- Digital Security Helpline
- Egypt
- MENA
- Phishing
- Spear Phishing
Classification
Category confidence: 85%
Severity confidence: 80%
Rationale: Hack-for-hire phishing campaign targeting journalists involves unauthorized data access and surveillance, posing significant harm.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8