Pinstripe Lightning
Aliases: NIOBIUM, RENEGADE JACKAL, Desert Falcons, Scimitar, Arid Viper
- Primary motivation
- espionage
- Sophistication
- advanced
- Resource level
- government
- Actor type
- nation-state
- Last IoC activity
- 2026-07-19 20:35:24
- Profile updated
- 2026-07-07 12:33:49
Targeted industries: government-and-public-sector energy-and-utilities
Targeted regions: country_code:sa country_code:ae country_code:qa
Context
Microsoft threat actor profile from the public naming mapping feed.
Reports & references
- raw.githubusercontent.com — Microsoftmapping (report)