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Dream Finds Iranian Cyberespionage Campaign Behind Kurdistan Government Cloud Breach
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Fusion42 · 11 October 2026 · Fusion42 review
Dream discovered an ongoing Iranian cyberespionage campaign targeting the Kurdistan Region of Iraq's government cloud and a high-profile Israeli security sector individual, leaking at least 1 GB of data through sophisticated phishing and malware tools.
This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Security Infrastructure, and 2 sources have reported it.
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You must urgently tighten phishing defences and malware detection if you secure government or critical cloud infrastructure in Iraq or neighbouring regions. Attackers now use highly selective malware activating only on valuable targets, raising the stakes for targeted cyber defence.
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2 sources · 11 Oct 2026
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