Iran state-aligned threat actor

DarkBlinders Campaign Targets Israeli and Iraqi Kurdish Government Entities

Researchers from Dream Research Labs have detailed a cyber espionage campaign attributed to an Iran state-aligned threat actor, tracked as DarkBlinders. The operation targeted a high-profile individual in Israel and compromised a government cloud environment in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq between August and October 2026. Specific exploitation methods and the full scope of compromises remain under investigation.