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Arcane Kitten

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ARCANE KITTEN is an Iranian state-nexus adversary who has been active since at least early 2020. The adversary compromises internet-facing servers to deploy various capabilities. ARCANE KITTEN has primarily targeted government, telecommunications, financial, and technology sector entities in countries within the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Limited activity targeting U.S. and South ...

  • Arcane Kitten

  • Iran, Middle East

Community Identifiers

Shrouded Snooper, Storm-0861, Scarred Manticore, UNC1860

Objective

Intelligence Gathering

Motivation

State-Sponsored

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