Clever Kitten
Aliases: Group 41
- First seen
- 2011-01-01 00:00:00
- Origin
- IR
- Primary motivation
- espionage
- Sophistication
- advanced
- Resource level
- government
- Actor type
- nation-state
- Profile updated
- 2026-07-07 11:53:59
Targeted industries: government-and-public-sector defense-and-aerospace energy-and-utilities technology-and-telecommunications
Targeted regions: country_code:us country_code:sa country_code:il country_code:ae country_code:uk
Context
Clever Kitten, also known as Group 41, is an Iranian nation-state threat actor primarily focused on cyber-espionage. They target government, defense, and critical infrastructure sectors in the Middle East and the West.
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Reports & references
- CrowdStrike — Whois Clever Kitten (report)