Topic

Transnational Repression

The pursuit of dissidents, journalists and exiles by their home state beyond its borders, using surveillance, harassment, coercion of relatives or physical attack.

Current clusters

security1 publisher

Iran's HEAVYGRAM spyware assigns each infected Windows PC its own Telegram bot

The September 15 advisory from the NCSC, the FBI and the AIVD lists a registry Run key, a folder path with a stray space and traffic to api.telegram.org as the practical detection points for at-risk staff.

Publishers:thehackernews.com

Reality

Evidence70
Adoption45
Hype gap0
Incentives60
Confidence62

security1 publisher

UK, US and Dutch agencies name CHOSEN BRICK as Iranian spyware aimed at dissidents

The joint advisory describes a Windows implant that arrives over WhatsApp or Telegram once the operator has earned a target's trust, harvests inboxes, screen and microphone, and runs a separate Telegram bot for each victim.

Publishers:therecord.media

Reality

Evidence78
Adoption55
Hype gap−5
Incentives60
Confidence70