Banished Kitten
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BANISHED KITTEN is an Iranian state-nexus adversary active since at least 2008. The adversary typically associates its operations with hacktivist personas such as Homeland Justice which is connected to disruptive attacks targeting Albanian since 2022, as well as Handala Hack Team which the adversary has used to claim attacks against Israeli entities since late 2023. The adversary’s links to an Ira...
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Banished Kitten
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Iran, Middle East
Community Identifiers
DEV-0842, Void Manticore, Red Sandstorm, Homeland Justice, Handala Hack Team
Objective
Intelligence Gathering, Destruction
Motivation
State-Sponsored
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