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Mohammed Al-Maskati

Mohammed Al-Maskati

Digital Security Helpline Director

Mohammed is the Digital Security Helpline Director at Access Now. He was shortlisted in Index on Censorship’s Freedom of Expression Awards 2019 and Security Serious Unsung Heroes Awards 2020. He was member of the panel of experts for the Dutch Government Tulip Prize for Human Rights 2021.He discovered phone hacking of human rights defenders and journalists in Palestine, Bahrain and Jordan.

Espionage for repression: forensic analysis of a cross-border hack-for-hire campaign targeting civil society in MENA

Hack-for-hire: new report investigates hacking campaign against Egyptian journalists

8 Apr 2026

A new report  by Access Now’s Digital Security Helpline, Espionage for repression: forensic analysis of a cross-border hack-for-hire campaign targeting civil society in MENA, exposes a hack-for-hire campaign targeting two prominent Egyptian journalists and government critics, Mostafa Al-A’sar and Ahmed Eltantawy, through a series of spear-phishing attacks. 

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Hack-for-hire: new report investigates hacking campaign against Egyptian journalists
8 Apr 2026
Hack-for-hire: new report investigates hacking campaign against Egyptian journalists
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How U.S. funding cuts expose civil society to digital attacks

9 Apr 2025
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How U.S. funding cuts expose civil society to digital attacks
9 Apr 2025
How U.S. funding cuts expose civil society to digital attacks
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