IRIran (Islamic Republic of)confidence: 50

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Also known as: ITsecTeam · Cutting Kitten

Origin
IR
Known aliases
2
Attribution
State-sponsored

Profile

One of the threat actors responsible for the denial of service attacks against U.S in 2012–2013. Three individuals associated with the group—believed to be have been working on behalf of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps—were indicted by the Justice Department in 2016.

Aliases· 2

ITsecTeamCutting Kitten

Known victims· 12

  • United States
  • Bank of America
  • US Bancorp
  • Fifth Third Bank
  • Citigroup
  • PNC
  • BB&T
  • Wells Fargo
  • Capital One
  • HSBC
  • AT&T
  • NYSE

Incident types

Denial of service

References

  1. https://www.cfr.org/interactive/cyber-operations/itsecteam
  2. https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/file/835061/download

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Sourced from MISP-Galaxy Threat Actor cluster. Curated by Adam Lundqvist, Founder at SQUR.