"Iranian APTs Dress Up as Hacktivists for Disruption, Influence Ops"
"Iranian APTs Dress Up as Hacktivists for Disruption, Influence Ops"
Iranian state-sponsored Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) groups have posed as hacktivists, claiming attacks launched against Israeli critical infrastructure and air defense systems. According to researchers at Crowdstrike, most cyberattacks against Israel in recent months have been executed by hacktivists and nation-state actors "playing them on TV." These "faketivists" imitate the tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs), as well as the aesthetic and rhetoric of legitimate hacktivist groups.