Regional research recorded Israel as the most frequently targeted country in the Middle East at around 33%, followed by Saudi Arabia at 12% and the UAE at 11%.
Everywhere Else In This Corpus, Distribution Tracks Size
Brazil, Mexico and Argentina lead Latin America at 25-1116. China and India lead Asia-Pacific at 25-1206. South Africa, Egypt and Nigeria lead Africa at 25-0513. In each case the corpus read the distribution as opportunistic targeting following economic and digital scale.
This distribution does not fit that reading. Israel is not the largest economy in the region and holds a third of observed targeting. Saudi Arabia, substantially larger by GDP and population, holds twelve per cent.
A distribution that departs from size is evidence of deliberate selection, which is what makes this the one regional file in the corpus where the geopolitical framing is supported by the numbers rather than assumed.
The Caution Still Applies In Both Directions
Israel also has an unusually large domestic security research industry, which per 25-0502 increases the proportion of incidents that become observable. Some of the 33% is visibility.
And "targeting" in vendor research typically counts attempts observed by sensors, not compromises — the objection at 25-1117 and 25-1115. A country with more sensors deployed generates more observed targeting.
What Survives
The departure from the size-tracking pattern is large enough that visibility alone is an unlikely full explanation. This desk records that as the finding, and does not attempt to decompose the share.
Built on published regional research, listed below. Targeting shares derive from vendor observation and are not normalised for sensor deployment or economic size. Corrections: corrections@forensicpost.com.
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