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Starting 11 June, the FIFA World Cup 2026 will unite fans, teams, sponsors, broadcasters, hospitality providers, and businesses in one of the world’s largest sporting events.  It also presents a significant opportunity for cybercriminals.

Major international sporting events create great anticipation, attract high search volume, evoke strong emotions, and drive large volumes of digital transactions.  Fans are searching for tickets, travel offers, merchandise, live streams, betting sites, job open

Recorded Future has shared information regarding potential threats to the 2022 World Cup soccer matches set in Qatar.  Email-based phishing attacks targeting the Middle East doubled in October in the lead up to the World Cup in Qatar, according to new research from Trellix.  Many of the emails purport to come from the FIFA help desk or ticketing office while some impersonate specific team managers and departments.  Others claim to be notifications about bans implemented by FIFA, or spoof Snoonu,