FBI Director Kash Patel's personal Gmail
March 27, 2026
•[ data leak, email breach, state-sponsored attack ]
Iran-linked group Handala claimed it breached FBI Director Kash Patel's personal Gmail account and published historical emails, photographs, and files; the FBI said the exposed material did not involve government information.
The Ukrainian State Hydrology Agency
March 19, 2026
•[ phishing, vulnerability exploitation, XSS ]
BleepingComputer reported that Russia-linked APT28 (GRU) exploited a Zimbra Collaboration Suite vulnerability (CVE-2025-66376) in attacks targeting Ukrainian government entities. Researchers described a phishing operation (Operation GhostMail) where a single HTML email body triggered obfuscated JavaScript exploiting the Zimbra XSS flaw when opened in a vulnerable webmail session. The payload was described as harvesting credentials, session tokens, backup 2FA codes, browser-saved passwords, and mailbox contents going back 90 days, with exfiltration over DNS and HTTPS. One referenced target was the Ukrainian State Hydrology Agency.
Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs email account
March 12, 2026
•[ cyber espionage, phishing, intelligence collection ]
Proofpoint reported a surge in Iran-linked and conflict-themed cyber espionage activity targeting governments, diplomats, and organizations across the Middle East, often using compromised government email accounts to deliver phishing lures and collect intelligence. Check Point analysis cited overlaps between Iran-linked actors (including MuddyWater and Void Manticore/Handala) and cybercrime tools and infrastructure. This is campaign-level reporting without a single named victim incident and bounded primary-effect metrics.
At least one Dutch government official
March 9, 2026
•[ social engineering, phishing, state-sponsored hackers ]
Dutch intelligence services warned that Russian state hackers are attempting to gain access to large numbers of Signal and WhatsApp accounts belonging to senior officials, military personnel, and civil servants worldwide. The campaign uses social engineering to trick users into revealing verification and PIN codes, including posing as a Signal support chatbot. The report notes Dutch government employees have also been targeted and, in some cases, compromised. This is campaign/advisory reporting rather than a single discrete victim event.
Singtel
February 10, 2026
•[ cyber espionage, telecom infrastructure, network data exfiltration ]
Singapore confirmed that China-linked cyber espionage group UNC3886 targeted the countrys telecom infrastructure, including Singtel. The government said attackers gained limited access to parts of telecom systems, did not disrupt services, and did not access personal data, but did exfiltrate a small amount of technical (network-related) data to advance operational objectives.
StarHub
February 10, 2026
•[ cyber espionage, state-sponsored, data exfiltration ]
Singapore confirmed that China-linked cyber espionage group UNC3886 targeted the countrys telecom infrastructure, including StarHub. The government said attackers gained limited access to parts of telecom systems, did not disrupt services, and did not access personal data, but did exfiltrate a small amount of technical (network-related) data to advance operational objectives.
M1
February 10, 2026
•[ cyber espionage, telecom infrastructure, technical data exfiltration ]
Singapore confirmed that China-linked cyber espionage group UNC3886 targeted the countrys telecom infrastructure, including M1. The government said attackers gained limited access to parts of telecom systems, did not disrupt services, and did not access personal data, but did exfiltrate a small amount of technical (network-related) data to advance operational objectives.
Simba Telecom
February 10, 2026
•[ cyber espionage, network data exfiltration, telecom infrastructure ]
Singapore confirmed that China-linked cyber espionage group UNC3886 targeted the countrys telecom infrastructure, including Simba Telecom. The government said attackers gained limited access to parts of telecom systems, did not disrupt services, and did not access personal data, but did exfiltrate a small amount of technical (network-related) data to advance operational objectives.
Undisclosed U.S. organization
February 1, 2026
•[ cyber espionage, APT, backdoor ]
HackRead reported that researchers linked a campaign observed in early February 2026 to Iran-aligned APT MuddyWater, described as operating under Irans Ministry of Intelligence and Security. The report stated attackers infiltrated networks of several U.S. organizations across sectors (including banking and aviation) and an Israeli software development services operation, maintaining persistence and using a new custom backdoor called Dindoor to remotely issue commands and sustain access. The article describes espionage tradecraft and persistence but does not list specific victims or confirm specific data stolen.
At least one government, military, and technology entity in Ukraine
January 30, 2026
•[ APT, vulnerability exploitation, state-sponsored attack ]
Security researchers reported that state-sponsored advanced persistent threat groups exploited a WinRAR vulnerability in real-world attacks that successfully compromised at least one government, military, and technology organization in Ukraine, using malicious archive files to gain unauthorized access to victim systems.
At least one blockchain developer
January 22, 2026
•[ phishing, blockchain, credential theft ]
IT technicians and blockchain developers were targeted in a phishing campaign attributed to the NGB 3rd Technical Surveillance Bureau (KONNI/APT37), resulting in unauthorized access to end-user systems and the compromise of stored development and infrastructure credentials.
At least one Afghan government worker
January 20, 2026
•[ phishing, malware, data exfiltration ]
The Record reported that attackers targeted Afghan government workers with phishing emails disguised as official correspondence from the office of the countrys prime minister. Researchers said the campaign, first detected in December, used a decoy document resembling a government letter (including a forged signature) to entice recipients in ministries/administrative offices to open it. Once opened, the document delivered malware dubbed FalseCub, designed to collect and exfiltrate data from infected computers. The report is focused on the campaign and malware behavior; it does not list specific compromised agencies, confirmed infection counts, or stolen data volumes, so impacts are coded as undetermined.
At least one organization in Southeastern Europe
January 8, 2026
•[ cyber espionage, vulnerability exploitation, SSH brute force ]
BleepingComputer reported on Cisco Talos research describing a sophisticated China-nexus actor tracked as UAT-7290 targeting telecommunications providers, historically in South Asia and recently expanded into Southeastern Europe. The group was described as conducting extensive reconnaissance and using one-day exploits plus target-specific SSH brute force to compromise public-facing edge devices for initial access and privilege escalation. Talos reported the actor deploys a primarily Linux-based malware suite (with occasional Windows implants) and establishes Operational Relay Box (ORB) infrastructure that can be used by other China-aligned threat actors. The report is campaign-level and does not enumerate a single named victim breach event date.
Undisclosed strategic advisory firm in the US
January 8, 2026
•[ spearphishing, QR codes, credential theft ]
An FBI flash alert described North Korea-linked Kimsuky (APT43) using spearphishing emails that contain QR codes to lure recipients to fake questionnaires, secure-drive links, or login pages, with the goal of stealing credentials or session tokens and hijacking cloud identities. The warning said the observed targeting includes U.S. organizations involved in North Korea policy/research/analysis such as NGOs, think tanks, academic institutions, strategic advisory firms, and government entities. The alert included examples (e.g., a June 2025 conference-invite lure) and explained that QR-driven flows can bypass traditional email controls by shifting the interaction to unmanaged mobile devices.
Former Minister Ayelet Shaked
January 3, 2026
•[ data leak, unauthorized access, cyber espionage ]
Iran-linked hacking group Handala claimed it breached the mobile phone of former Israeli minister Ayelet Shaked and published roughly 60 photos and videos it said were stolen from her device. The group alleged it held additional messages, documents, and other confidential material and urged followers to expect further releases. The reported effect is limited to alleged unauthorized access and data theft/exposure involving a single political figure, with no operational disruption to organizations reported.
Knownsec
November 9, 2025
•[ data leak, cyber espionage, malware ]
According to coverage in The Register of research by Chinese blog MXRN, attackers breached the systems of Beijing linked security company Knownsec and leaked more than twelve thousand classified documents describing Chinese state cyber weapons, internal tools and global targeting lists, along with code for remote access trojans that can compromise major desktop and mobile operating systems; the cache also reportedly includes a spreadsheet of 80 successfully attacked overseas targets and massive datasets such as Indian immigration records, South Korean telecom call logs and Taiwanese road planning information that Knownsec had previously obtained in offensive operations, some of which were briefly published to GitHub before being removed.
Australian Treasury Department
November 1, 2025
•[ cyber espionage, phishing, Shadow Campaigns ]
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)
At least one official in Ukraine's Defense Forces
October 1, 2025
•[ phishing, malware, backdoor ]
BleepingComputer reported that officials of Ukraines Defense Forces were targeted in a charity-themed operation between October and December 2025 that delivered a backdoor malware family called PluggyApe. CERT-UA assessed the activity as likely linked to the Russian-aligned threat group known as Void Blizzard (also referred to as Laundry Bear), with medium confidence in attribution. The infection chain described begins with instant messages over Signal or WhatsApp directing targets to a purported charity website and prompting them to download a password-protected archive containing documents, which then leads to backdoor execution and follow-on access for information theft. The report focuses on the campaigns TTPs and targeting rather than publishing a confirmed list of compromised entities.
Foreign embassies in Moscow
July 30, 2025
•[ cyber espionage ]
MarketScreener cites Microsoft: Russias FSB targeted foreign embassies in Moscow in a cyber espionage campaign.
baltictimes.com
December 19, 2019
•[ cyber espionage, influence campaign, disinformation ]
Ghostwriter, a suspected Belarus-backed hacking group, has compromised websites and email accounts in Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland'to publish fabricated documents pushing anti-North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) narratives consistent with Kremlin talking points. The influence campaign started in 2017.
