Cotton Sandstorm is an information operations group thought to operate from Iran, with suspected state backing. Public reporting links it to attacks on government, finance and high-tech organisations, with 4 countries and victims named. This free profile brings together what is known about it, so you can judge the risk to you.
Cotton Sandstorm has 4 other names in security research. Below is what published reporting says about it, with a link to every report so you can check the detail yourself.
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What public reporting says
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
Public reports about Cotton Sandstorm (5)
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Countries and victims named (4)
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Cotton Sandstorm is an information operations group thought to operate from Iran, with suspected state backing. Public reporting links it to attacks on government, finance and high-tech organisations, with 4 countries and victims named.
Public reporting places Cotton Sandstorm as operating from Iran, with suspected state backing. Attribution is never certain: it rests on the tools, infrastructure and targets researchers have seen.
In public reporting, sectors named include government, finance, high-tech, telecoms and ngos, and 4 countries and victims are named, including United States, Israel, Middle East and Europe.
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