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Haywire Kitten

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HAYWIRE KITTEN is an Iran-nexus adversary that likely represents Emennet Pasargad operations and has been active since at least 2020. Previously tracked as the ChaoticOrchestra activity cluster, the adversary’s activity spans targeted intrusion, domestic surveillance, and information operations (IO) across multiple target sectors and geographies. Some of HAYWIRE KITTEN’s activity has been characte...

  • Haywire Kitten

  • Iran, Middle East

Community Identifiers

Sangkancil, Atlas Group, Yooz E Cybery, Hackers of Savior, NEPTUNIUM, Holy Souls, AMC239, Generous Thief, Al-Toufan, Yare Gomnam Cyber Team, Cotton Sandstorm, Deus, kalin3t, Black Magic

Objective

Destruction

Motivation

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