Cybersecurity incident — 2018-10-01 00:00:00
Affected organization: Omar Abdulaziz
Affected country: Canada
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

A report from The Citizen Lab reveals that the Canadian permanent resident and Saudi dissident Omar Abdulaziz was targeted by an attack infecting his phone with NSO's Pegasus spyware.