Cyber Resilience

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CopyKittensG0052 state

🇮🇷 IR

aka CopyKittens, Slayer Kitten, G0052

Last updated: 2026-08-20

0attributed CVEs
14ATT&CK techniques
0.0IDF score (tooling uniqueness)
0exclusive CVEs
—years active

About this actor

[CopyKittens](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0052) is an Iranian cyber espionage group that has been operating since at least 2013. It has targeted countries including Israel, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, the U.S., Jordan, and Germany. The group is responsible for the campaign known as Operation Wilted Tulip.(Citation: ClearSky CopyKittens March 2017)(Citation: ClearSky Wilted Tulip July 2017)(Citation: CopyKittens Nov 2015)

Source: MITRE ATT&CK

Names & naming systems

Each vendor coins its own name for the same actor. Where a name follows a known scheme we attribute it; the rest are listed honestly as unclassified.

MITRE ATT&CKG-number catalogue id

G0052

CrowdStrikenation-animal names

Slayer Kitten

Unclassifiedno scheme matched

CopyKittens

How we know this

Data origin
MITRE ATT&CK Imported from the MITRE ATT&CK STIX bundle as an intrusion-set object.
Techniques
MITRE ATT&CK STIX mappings — 14 ATT&CK techniques on file.
Named victims
None on file.

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Activity timeline

No activity events recorded.

Profile

CVERiskCVSSEPSSPublishedProducts
No attributed CVEs.

Mitigating controls (NIST 800-53)

ControlTechniques coveredCoverage
SI-48 / 1457%
CM-27 / 1450%
SI-107 / 1450%
SI-36 / 1443%
SI-76 / 1443%
AC-35 / 1436%
CM-65 / 1436%
CM-75 / 1436%
RA-55 / 1436%
AC-24 / 1429%
AC-64 / 1429%
CA-74 / 1429%
CM-54 / 1429%
CM-84 / 1429%
SC-74 / 1429%

Co-occurring actors

None.

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