Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2018-08-01 00:00:00
Affected organization: Ghanem al-Masarir
Affected country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Industry: Other Services (except Public Administration)
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of End Hosts
Motive: Political-Espionage
Actor: Saudi Arabia
Actor type: Nation-State
Actor country: Saudi Arabia
Description: A threat actor targeted Ghanem al-Masarir, a Saudi dissident, for espionage purposes. The threat actor used the Pegasus tool, created by the NSO Group.