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DarkStorm

Also known asdarkstorm

DarkStorm Team is a hacktivist threat actor associated in the provided content with disruptive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) operations. It claimed coordinated DDoS attacks against Israeli government and intelligence-related targets under the #OpIsrael banner, including MAX, the Prime Minister’s Office, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Justice, the Israel Security Agency, and the intelligence agency. The content also states DarkStorm Team coordinated with the pro-Russian actor NoName057(16) on a financial-sector sweep targeting Bank Hapoalim, Bank Leumi, and Mizrahi-Tefahot simultaneously. Separately, the content describes DarkStorm Team, alongside NoName057(16) and Keymous+, as conducting DDoS campaigns against European financial institutions, with attack peaks correlating with elections and periods of heightened political tension. Based on the provided content, DarkStorm Team’s observed activity centers on politically motivated DDoS targeting of government and financial-sector entities. Known alias in the content: darkstorm.

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OPERATIONAL PROFILE

Targeting

Who, where, and (when attributed) which flag flies behind the operation. Pulled from open-source reporting and Mallory's analyst review.

Who they target

Sectors the actor has been observed targeting.

  • Banks
  • Government & Administration
  • Military

Where they target

Geographies tied to known operations.

  • 🇮🇱 Israel
MITRE ATT&CK

Tradecraft

2 distinct techniques observed across reporting, grouped by tactic. Hover any cell for the evidence excerpt; click through for MITRE's full description.

1 of 15 tactics2 techniques×N= number of intelligence reports citing this technique
MITRE ATT&CK
TA0040
Impact
2 techniques
T1486
Data Encrypted for Impact
T1498
Network Denial of Service
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Tradecraft mapping2

Every observed MITRE ATT&CK technique, grouped by tactic.

Malware arsenal

Families this actor is known to deploy, with IOCs and behavior.

Exploited CVEs

CVEs this actor has used in known campaigns.

Detection signatures

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Observables

Domains, IPs, and hashes tied to this actor, refreshed continuously.