APT / THREAT GROUP
Ayyıldız Tim
🇹🇷Turkey-attributed
1
campaigns
2
aliases
Last seen:Mar 17, 2026
Intelligence Profile
Ayyıldız (Crescent and Star) Tim is a nationalist hacking group founded in 2002. It performs defacements and DDoS attacks against the websites of governments that it considers to be repressing Muslim minorities or engaged in Islamophobic policies.
Threat Analysis
Ayyıldız Tim is a known-sophistication threat actor attributed to Turkey, engaged in cyber operations with a primary motivation of unknown activity patterns.
Known Campaigns
Ayyıldız Tim — Active Operations March 2026
Ayyıldız Tim is a unknown-motivation threat actor attributed to TR. Ayyıldız (Crescent and Star) Tim is a nationalist hacking group founded in 2002. It performs defacements and DDoS attacks against the websites of governments that it considers to be repressing Muslim minorities or engaged in Islamophobic policies....
ACTIVEMEDIUM2026
Quick Facts
TypeAPT / Threat Group
Origin🇹🇷 Turkey
Aliases2
SourceMalpedia
Also Known As
Crescent and StarAyyıldız Tim
Research Links
Data sourced from Malpedia, Ransomware.live, RansomLook, and CTIWATCH OSINT collection. Actor attribution is based on available intelligence and may be incomplete.