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Kaspersky: Cybersecurity Incident
Kaspersky identified GoSerpent, a sophisticated state-linked cyber-espionage campaign targeting government and diplomatic organisations across Southeast Asia since at least 2021, using Go-based RAT with persistence mechanisms and deliberate dwell-time tactics for intelligence collection
Source: e27
- Who
- Kaspersky · Cybersecurity · Southeast Asia
- What happened
- Kaspersky identified GoSerpent, a sophisticated state-linked cyber-espionage campaign targeting government and diplomatic organisations across Southeast Asia since at least 2021, using Go-based RAT with persistence mechanisms and deliberate dwell-time tactics for intelligence collection
- When
- 2026-07-21
- Source
- e27
- So what
- A breach is a governance event before it is a technical one.
The leadership read
A breach is a governance event before it is a technical one. For Kaspersky in Cybersecurity, the hiring consequence is rarely more engineers; it is senior accountability: security, risk and data governance reporting high enough to change decisions. Across Asia, watch whether the response is a hire or a contractor; that distinction says how the board has read it.
Market context: Backdrop: a 97.6 (Neutral) Talent Market Index (down 3.4 on the month) with Asia activity rising (+4.2pts).
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