Targeting of U.S. critical infrastructure and civil-society groups
Date of report
  • April 2023
Affiliations
Iranian state-sponsored actor Charming Kitten has been linked to attacks on the U.S. critical infrastructure from 2021 to mid-2022. Those attacks weaponized n-day vulnerabilities on a number of targets, including activists, journalists, the defense industrial base, political dissidents, and U.S. government employees.
Suspected victims
  • U.S. activists, journalists, the defense industrial base, political dissidents, and government employees
Suspected state sponsor
  • Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Type of incident
  • Espionage
Target category
  • Government
  • Private sector
  • Civil society
Victim government reaction
  • Unknown
Policy response
Suspected state sponsor response