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Two prominent Egyptian journalists targeted with elaborate spearphishing campaign

·Source: The Record

Updated:

Executive Summary

Digital civil rights nonprofit Access Now released a report on the findings with the mobile security company Lookout on Wednesday, saying they saw evidence the hackers may “use the methods and infrastructure associated with the attacks to deliver spyware and exfiltrate data.”

Analysis

Digital civil rights nonprofit Access Now released a report on the findings with the mobile security company Lookout on Wednesday, saying they saw evidence the hackers may “use the methods and infrastructure associated with the attacks to deliver spyware and exfiltrate data.”
Source Attribution

Originally published by The Record on Apr 8, 2026.

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