Incidents in country:

Egypt

2 incidents catalogued

EspionageResolvedMarch 9, 2018

Bad Traffic / AdHose network injection on Egypt's telecom backbone

Citizen Lab found Sandvine PacketLogic deep-packet-inspection devices on Telecom Egypt's network covertly redirecting users en masse to affiliate ads and cryptocurrency-mining scripts, while also blocking dozens of news and human-rights sites.

Victim: Telecom Egypt internet subscribers (millions of Egyptian users)

PhishingResolvedFebruary 2, 2017

Nile Phish phishing campaign against Egyptian civil society

A large-scale, highly targeted phishing campaign documented by Citizen Lab sent 90+ credential-stealing messages against Egyptian NGOs, activists, and lawyers tied to the government's 'Case 173' crackdown on civil society.

Victim: Egyptian NGOs, human-rights activists, lawyers and journalists (Case 173 targets)