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Recent Intelligence Reports
- T1027 — attack.mitre.org · August 7, 2026
- Dissidents win in Supreme Court against Bahrain appeal — Leighday · July 27, 2026
- Bahrain cannot claim sovereign immunity for spyware attack against UK dissidents, top UK court rules — Computerweekly · July 27, 2026
- Hacking Team — www.vice.com · July 26, 2026
- A Hacker Claims To Have Leaked 40gb Of Docs On Government Spy Tool Finfisher — www.vice.com · July 26, 2026
- Hacking Team Hacker Phineas Fisher Has Gotten Away With It — www.vice.com · July 26, 2026
- The hacker who humiliated spyware makers and was never caught — Benzatine · July 26, 2026
- Who is Phineas Fisher, the elusive hacker never caught? — Newsbytesapp · July 26, 2026