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Threat Intelligence Has a Human-Shaped Blind Spot

ID: 1809c043-c2e5-58f0-b7a8-e25fc8f7c7da

STIX ID: report--1809c043-c2e5-58f0-b7a8-e25fc8f7c7da

Feed Name: Dark Reading

Date Published: 2026-02-18

Date Updated: 2026-04-21

Author: Dr. Megan Squire

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An opinion piece recounting a personal email-bombing incident used to hide fraudulent account activity and arguing that denial-of-attention attacks (e.g., email bombing, mass reporting) exploit common human cognitive limits across harassment, fraud, and influence operations; it recommends reframing threat intelligence around human vulnerabilities rather than siloed adversary categories to improve detection and mitigation.

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