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Molerats

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reference profile · reported nexus: PS (not nationality)

In October 2012, malware attacks against Israeli government targets grabbed media attention as officials temporarily cut off Internet access for its entire police force and banned the use of USB memory sticks. Security researchers subsequently linked these attacks to a broader, yearlong campaign that targeted not just Israelis but Palestinians as well. and as discovered later, even the U.S. and UK governments. Further research revealed a connection between these attacks and members of the so-called “Gaza Hackers Team.” We refer to this campaign as “Molerats.”

Source-reported aliases: Gaza Hackers Team, Gaza cybergang, Gaza Cybergang, Operation Molerats, Extreme Jackal, Moonlight, ALUMINUM SARATOGA, G0021, BLACKSTEM. Associations do not prove equivalence.

Target geography

Catalog-listed countries (associations, not attack counts): United States of America · Israel · State of Palestine

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Historical casebook

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References

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https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2013/08/operation-molerats-middle-east-cyber-attacks-using-poison-ivy.html

https://ti.360.net/blog/articles/suspected-molerats-new-attack-in-the-middle-east/

https://ti.360.net/blog/articles/suspected-molerats-new-attack-in-the-middle-east-en/

https://middle-east-online.com/en/cyber-war-gaza-hackers-deface-israel-fire-service-website

https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2014/06/molerats-here-for-spring.html

https://pwc.blogs.com/cyber_security_updates/2015/04/attacks-against-israeli-palestinian-interests.html

https://www.vectra.ai/blogpost/moonlight-middle-east-targeted-attacks

https://securelist.com/gaza-cybergang-wheres-your-ir-team/72283/

https://www.clearskysec.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Operation%20DustySky_TLP_WHITE.pdf

https://www.clearskysec.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Operation-DustySky2_-6.2016_TLP_White.pdf

https://securelist.com/gaza-cybergang-updated-2017-activity/82765/

https://www.kaspersky.com/blog/gaza-cybergang/26363/

https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0021/

https://www.secureworks.com/research/threat-profiles/aluminum-saratoga

https://services.google.com/fh/files/misc/tool-of-first-resort-israel-hamas-war-cyber.pdf

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