Tehran traffic cameras
March 3, 2026
•[ hacking, surveillance, espionage ]
DataBreaches summarized reporting alleging Israeli intelligence hacked or accessed a very large portion of Tehrans traffic camera network over multiple years to track senior Iranian officials, including Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The reporting claimed real-time camera data (including cameras around Khameneis compound) was encrypted and transmitted to servers in Israel and used to build pattern of life intelligence, such as where security teams parked vehicles.
At least one government official
January 1, 2026
•[ espionage, phishing, surveillance tools ]
A Mustang Panda espionage campaign (late Dec 2025 to mid-Jan 2026) using fake diplomatic briefing documents to trick high-level targets into installing surveillance tools. It does not provide a single named victim organization with a confirmed primary effect suitable for one incident record; it is campaign-level reporting.
At least one organization in Southeast Asia
October 1, 2025
•[ espionage, APT activity, vulnerability exploitation ]
BleepingComputer summarized Check Point research on a newly tracked actor Amaranth Dragon, linked to China-aligned APT activity, which exploited WinRAR CVE-2025-8088 in espionage operations against government and law enforcement entities in Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, Cambodia, Laos, and the Philippines. The actor used geofenced infrastructure and a custom loader to deliver encrypted payloads (including Havoc and a newer TGAmaranth RAT using Telegram for C2). Because the article is campaign/threat-research reporting without a discrete, named victim event record and bounded impacts, event_type and event_subtype are coded as NA for CED incident purposes.
An undisclosed critical infrastructure company in Zambia
November 1, 2025
•[ espionage, phishing, vulnerability exploitation ]
BleepingComputer summarized Unit 42 research on a state-aligned espionage group tracked as TGR-STA-1030/UNC6619 conducting global operations dubbed Shadow Campaigns. The report said the actor compromised at least 70 government and critical infrastructure organizations across 37 countries and conducted reconnaissance activity targeting government entities connected to 155 countries during NovDec 2025. The article describes initial access via tailored phishing (Mega-hosted archives) and exploitation of multiple known vulnerabilities, use of webshells and tunneling tools, and a custom Linux eBPF rootkit (ShadowGuard), but it does not provide a single discrete victim organization record with a specific primary effect suitable for one CED event entry.
At least one Telecom company in South Asia
January 8, 2026
•[ espionage, malware, threat intelligence ]
The Hacker News summarized Cisco Talos research attributing espionage-focused intrusions to a China-nexus actor tracked as UAT-7290. The campaign reportedly targets telecom entities in South Asia and Southeastern Europe, performing extensive reconnaissance followed by compromise activity that can lead to deployment of malware families including RushDrop, DriveSwitch, and SilentRaid. The article is threat-intelligence reporting focused on actor behavior, tooling, and geographic targeting, and it does not provide a bounded, single victim incident record with confirmed impact metrics (e.g., downtime or specific data stolen) for one named organization.
At least one US government official
January 19, 2026
•[ spearphishing, espionage, DLL sideloading ]
HackRead summarized Acronis research describing an espionage-oriented spearphishing campaign targeting U.S. government entities using Venezuela-related news as bait. The described chain used a lure archive and DLL sideloading to load a backdoor dubbed LOTUSLITE, enabling remote access actions such as file collection and command execution on compromised systems. The article stated the researchers attributed the activity with moderate confidence to the China-backed group Mustang Panda (aka HoneyMyte).
Congressional Staff email platform
January 11, 2026
•[ cyber intrusion, state-backed hacking, email compromise ]
TechStory reported that a cyber intrusion linked to the China-associated group known as Salt Typhoon compromised email systems used by staff supporting multiple powerful U.S. House committees (including foreign affairs, intelligence, and defense-related panels). The report said the intrusions were detected in December 2025, but investigators were still determining how long access persisted, what data was viewed or extracted, and whether any lawmakers personal accounts were affected. U.S. agencies and House offices were described as offering limited public comment while investigations continued, and China was reported as denying allegations of state-backed hacking.
Undisclosed Myanmar government organization
March 1, 2025
•[ state-sponsored attack, malware, rootkit ]
Chinese state-linked threat actors deployed a kernel-mode rootkit to conceal ToneShell malware on systems belonging to a Myanmar government organization, enabling stealthy persistent access.
China Xinchuang Initiative (at least one affiliated organization)
December 9, 2025
•[ phishing, malware, espionage ]
Security researchers reported a spear-phishing and malware campaign attributed to APT32 that successfully compromised at least one organization within Chinas Xinchuang Initiative IT ecosystem, resulting in unauthorized access for espionage purposes.
Undetermined government and diplomatic entities (Oman, Morocco, Palestinian Authority)
December 12, 2025
•[ malware, information theft, espionage ]
The Record summarized threat-intelligence reporting alleging a Hamas-affiliated group (called Ashen Lepus) used malware-laden documents to compromise multiple government and diplomatic entities tied to Oman, Morocco, and the Palestinian Authority, including a malware strain referred to as AshTag used for information theft.
Unnamed Jerusalem CCTV streaming provider
June 17, 2025
•[ Espionage, Nation-State Actor, CCTV compromise ]
According to Amazons threat intelligence team, Iranian-linked group MuddyWater provisioned attack infrastructure in mid-May 2025 and then used it on June 17, 2025 to access a compromised server streaming live CCTV footage from Jerusalem. Analysts assess that the group leveraged this access to gather real-time visual intelligence to refine targeting for a June 23 missile attack launched by Iran, in what Amazon terms cyber-enabled kinetic targeting. The case highlights how cyber intrusions against surveillance systems can directly support physical military operations without necessarily causing digital outages or data theft in the traditional sense.
At least one policy expert on Iran
November 5, 2025
•[ phishing, credential theft, espionage ]
The Hacker News, citing a Proofpoint investigation, describes a newly identified threat cluster dubbed UNK_SmudgedSerpent conducting credential phishing and remote access operations against more than twenty Iran focused subject matter experts at a U.S. based foreign policy think tank between June and August 2025, amid heightened IranIsrael tensions. Attackers impersonated prominent policy figures and used benign email conversations to lure victims to fake Microsoft Teams and OnlyOffice login pages hosted on health themed domains that captured account credentials. In some cases the operation progressed to deploying legitimate remote monitoring tools such as PDQ Connect and ISL Online for hands on keyboard access, supporting longer term espionage against the target institution and aligning with tactics used by established Iranian cyber intelligence groups.
MAYA Systems Ltd.
October 12, 2025
•[ data leak, hacktivism, espionage ]
An Iran-linked hacktivist group known as Cyber Toufan claimed responsibility for breaching Israeli defense contractor MAYA Systems in October 2025, stealing and releasing files allegedly showing Iron Beam laser-defense system designs and other IDF technologies. Israeli authorities have not verified the authenticity of the leaked materials.
Kansas City National Security Campus network
October 1, 2025
•[ vulnerability exploitation, espionage, nation-state actor ]
CSO reports KCNSC (NNSA nuclear components plant) was infiltrated via unpatched on-prem SharePoint. Microsoft tied the wider wave to China-linked actors, while a KCNSC source suggested a Russian group; DOE later said the department was minimally impacted. Primary effect: covert access/collection, not OT disruption.
Undisclosed Ukrainian local government entity
July 1, 2025
•[ espionage, webshell, intrusion ]
Symantec observed multi-week summer 2025 espionage intrusion against a Ukrainian local government network using LocalOlive webshell and dual-use Windows tools; no operational disruption reported.
Undisclosed European telecommunications company
July 15, 2025
•[ espionage, vulnerability exploitation, malware ]
China-nexus operators breached a telecom by exploiting an edge service (e.g., NetScaler/SharePoint), then established persistence with SnappyBee-family tooling, harvested credentials and moved laterally to support systems for intelligence collection. No service interruption reported; primary effect is covert access and data staging.
Undisclosed Indian government or infrastructure organisation(s)
September 1, 2025
•[ espionage, malware, credential theft ]
Pakistan-linked APT36 used themed lures and HTML/shortcut droppers to deliver cross-platform implants on Windows and BOSS Linux systems used by Indian government organizations, enabling credential theft, persistence and covert collection. Activity is espionage-oriented with no reported service outage.
Francesco Gaetano Caltagirone
October 9, 2025
•[ spyware, espionage, government ]
Report that Graphite spyware was used to spy on the businessman; tool sold to governments.
Undisclosed European drone manufacturer
March 25, 2025
•[ phishing, social engineering, malware ]
North Korean operators approached European defense engineers with fake job offers, delivering loaders that sideloaded ScoringMathTea and BinMergeLoader/MISTPEN to exfiltrate proprietary UAV designs and manufacturing know-how. Intelligence-collection focus; campaign targets several firms rather than one discrete victim record.
At least one undisclosed government or financial organization
December 1, 2024
•[ malware, espionage, data theft ]
Kaspersky tracks PassiveNeuron using bespoke Neursite and NeuralExecutor implants, often gaining RCE on exposed Windows servers (e.g., via MSSQL) and then staging modular plugins for stealthy collection through compromised internal servers. Campaign-level report without a single victim suitable for event coding.
