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Banished Kitten

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BANISHED KITTEN is an Iran-nexus adversary active since at least 2008, and with links to Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS). 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 Isr...

  • Banished Kitten

  • Iran, Middle East

Community Identifiers

Homeland Justice, Handala Hack Team, DEV-0842, Void Manticore, Red Sandstorm

Objective

Intelligence Gathering, Destruction

Motivation

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