Cybersecurity incident — 2019-10-03 00:00:00
Affected organization: Shady al-Ghazaly Harba
Affected country: Egypt
Industry: Other Services (except Public Administration)
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server,Exploitation of End Hosts
Motive: Political-Espionage
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined

The Egyptian government installed mobile apps on targets' phones to extract files, track their locations, and identify contacts. One of the targets is Dr. Shady al-Ghazaly Harba, a surgeon and opposition activist who has been detained since 2018.