Cotton Sandstorm is an Iranian threat actor involved in hack-and-leak operations. They have targeted various organizations, including the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, where they obtained and leaked personal information of over 200,000 customers. The group has been linked to the Iranian government and has been sanctioned by the US Treasury
The same group is tracked under different names by different vendors.
| Vendor | Name |
|---|---|
| OSINT | Emennet Pasargad |
| OSINT | Holy Souls |
| OSINT | MARNANBRIDGE |
| OSINT | NEPTUNIUM |
| OSINT | HAYWIRE KITTEN |
Sectors: Government, Finance, High-Tech, Telecoms, NGOs, Civil Society, Rail, Energy
Victim countries: United States, Israel, Middle East, Europe
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Indicators from free threat feeds (abuse.ch ThreatFox, AlienVault OTX) attributed to Cotton Sandstorm. Each row shows why it was linked and where it came from.
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Open-source reports about this actor collected from MISP Galaxy.