HOMETHREATSMagic Kitten
APT / THREAT GROUP HACKTIVISM

Magic Kitten

🇮🇷Iran-attributed
1
campaigns
3
aliases
Last seen:Mar 17, 2026

Intelligence Profile

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.

Threat Analysis

Magic Kitten is a known-sophistication threat actor attributed to Iran, engaged in cyber operations with a primary motivation of hacktivism.

As a hacktivist-aligned entity, Magic Kitten conducts operations driven by ideological, political, or social grievances, typically through website defacements, DDoS attacks, and the leaking of sensitive data to advance a public narrative.

Known Campaigns

Magic Kitten — Active Operations March 2026

Magic Kitten is a hacktivism threat actor attributed to Iran. 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....

ACTIVEMEDIUM2026

External References

Quick Facts

TypeAPT / Threat Group
Motivation hacktivism
Origin🇮🇷 Iran
Aliases3
SourceMalpedia

Also Known As

Magic KittenVOYEURGroup 42

Research Links

Data sourced from Malpedia, Ransomware.live, RansomLook, and CTIWATCH OSINT collection. Actor attribution is based on available intelligence and may be incomplete.