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Cybersecurity Incidentcurated sourcedetected 2026-07-21 · confidence 80%

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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

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 102.5 (Warm) Talent Market Index (down 1.7 on the month) with Asia activity steady (-0.7pts).

Kaspersky: 1 signal in the last 90 days — in line with the Cybersecurity median of 1 across 25 tracked companies; 0.1% of MitchelLake's EMEA signal flow; 2 tracked across 77 days.

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