- Category
- Hacktivist · Political or nationalist, often disruption and leaks.
- Origin
- Russia(high confidence)
- Agency named
- GRU
- Sources
- 3 sources carry it
- Identifier
- GINC-APT-1092 · z-pentest-alliance
RussiaWhat it is
Z-Pentest Alliance is a pro-Russian hacktivist group known for targeting industrial control systems and operational technology systems, particularly in Italy and Israel. The group has claimed responsibility for various attacks, including gaining control of a water supply management system and disrupting aviation authorities' websites. Z-Pentest Alliance operates within a larger alliance of hacktivist groups, often collaborating on politically motivated operations, including DDoS campaigns. The group has been linked to the GRU and is associated with the NoName057 group, sharing tools and intelligence.
Names
The names each vendor, agency and source gives it. Naming differs by who tracks the actor, so one group carries many.
- Other names
- Z-Pentest
Attribution
Each attribution is a claim: who makes it, and to whom. Western and Eastern sources are kept apart, as they often disagree.
Western sources
Sources
- Malpedia malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de