Banished Kitten Adversary Profile | CrowdStrike
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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
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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
State-Sponsored
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