Rafe Pilling
Rafe Pilling is a cybersecurity expert affiliated with Secureworks, where he has provided insights into the evolving tactics of cyber threats, particularly those stemming from nation-states like North Korea. He has emphasized how North Korea has shifted its cyber operations from traditional espionage to revenue generation through sophisticated attacks, leveraging a well-developed educational pipeline for future cyber experts. His analysis highlights the significant economic implications of these cyber activities for the North Korean regime, especially in light of the country's heavy sanctions and reliance on illicit funding sources.
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Rafe Pilling, Director of Threat Intelligence at Sophos, mentioned that the risk of cyber retaliation from pro-Iran parties is increasing.
”Hacker” Serbu Iran Sebelum Serangan AS-Israel
Indonesia· 2026-03-02
Rafe Pilling, Director of Threat Intelligence at Sophos, mentioned that the risk of cyber retaliation from pro-Iran parties is increasing.
”Hacker” Serbu Iran Sebelum Serangan AS-IsraelIndonesia· 2026-03-02Rafe Pilling, director of threat intelligence at cybersecurity firm Sophos, said the outage appeared to be an IT issue rather than a cyber-attack.
Amazon Web Services outage hits dozens of websites and apps | Internet
United Kingdom· 2025-10-20
Rafe Pilling, director of threat intelligence at security firm Sophos, explained that the technical problem at Amazon Web Services looks like an IT issue on the database side.
‘Signs of recovery’ claims Amazon Web Services after internet outage hits many websites and apps – business live | BusinessUnited Kingdom· 2025-10-20
Rafe Pilling, a threat intelligence director at the cybersecurity company Sophos, noted that the incident highlighted the fragile and interdependent nature of the digital ecosystem supporting air travel.
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Greece· 2025-09-21
Rafe Pilling, director of Threat Intelligence at Sophos, commented on the spying appearing to be the work of a single hacker or set of hackers.
Microsoft server hack hit about 100 organisations, researchers say – The Irish Times
Ireland· 2025-07-22
Rafe Pilling is the threat analysis director at Sophos who suspects the Mustang Panda group is backed by China's Ministry of State Security.
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Hungary· 2025-06-29
Rafe Pilling, the director of threat intelligence at the cybersecurity firm Sophos, said there was no firm evidence linking Predatory Sparrow to a particular state.
Israel-linked group hacks Iranian cryptocurrency exchange in $90m heist | HackingUnited Kingdom· 2025-06-18
Rafe Pilling is from the cyber security company Secureworks and discusses North Korea's use of cyber attacks for revenue.
North Korea’s Lazarus Group hits Bybit in record $2.6b crypto theft
New Zealand· 2025-02-25