Magic Kitten

Aliases: Group 42, VOYEUR

First seen
2008-11-01 00:00:00
Origin
IR
Primary motivation
espionage
Sophistication
advanced
Resource level
government
Actor type
nation-state
Profile updated
2026-07-07 11:50:05

Targeted industries: government-and-public-sector media-and-entertainment

Targeted regions: country_code:us country_code:il country_code:sa

Context

Earliest activity back to November 2008. An established group of cyber attackers based in Iran, who carried on several campaigns in 2013, including a series of attacks targeting political dissidents and those supporting Iranian political opposition.

Reports & references

  • web.archive.org — 330401 (report)
  • carnegieendowment.org — Iran S Cyber Ecosystem Who Are Threat Actors Pub 75140 (report)

External references