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Phishing attacks threaten Egyptian rights activists: Amnesty International

It said the tactic masquerades as an email containing a legitimate application, such as a calendar organiser, to trick activists into downloading spyware.

“These digital attacks appear to be part of a sustained campaign to intimidate and silence critics” of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s government, says Ramy Raoof, a tactical technologist at Amnesty. Amnesty pointed to spikes in OAuth phishing attempts in the run-up to the eight-year anniversary of Egypt’s January 25, 2011 uprising which toppled Hosni Mubarak, and during a two-day visit to Egypt by French President Emmanuel Macron.

 

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