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Islamic Hacker Army

Also known asislamic_hacker_army

Islamic Hacker Army is a hacktivist threat actor referenced in reporting on regional cyber conflict involving India, Iran, and Israel. The content describes it as one of the pro-Pakistan or anti-India groups active during India's Operation Sindoor, where it was named alongside other hacktivist and intrusion groups that attempted to breach Indian cyberspace. Separate reporting cited in the content also lists Islamic Hacker Army among groups targeting Iran, and states that the group breached IDF defense research computers. According to the provided content, Islamic Hacker Army claimed members in Venezuela, Indonesia, and Malaysia. Reported tooling and tradecraft include custom backdoors such as FalseFont and Powerless, use of wipers, and coordinated DDoS activity via botnets and vulnerability scanners. The content characterizes the group as part of broader hacktivist activity rather than clearly attributing it to a state, and no high-confidence nation-state attribution is directly established in the provided material. Known alias in the content: islamic_hacker_army.

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  • 🇮🇳 India
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1 of 15 tactics1 techniques×N= number of intelligence reports citing this technique
MITRE ATT&CK
TA0040
Impact
1 technique
T1498×2
Network Denial of Service
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