Threat actor · all actors
Cult of the Dead Cow (cDc)HACK-CULT-DEAD-COW hacktivist
🇺🇸 US
aka Cult of the Dead Cow (cDc), Cult of the Dead Cow, cDc, cDc Communications
Last updated: 2026-10-14
0attributed CVEs
0ATT&CK techniques
0.0IDF score (tooling uniqueness)
0exclusive CVEs
—years active
About this actor
US-based hacker group founded 1984; coined the term "hacktivism"; released Back Orifice (1998) as anti-Microsoft commentary and Hacktivismo's Goolag Scanner (2007). Beto O'Rourke later disclosed as former member during 2019 presidential campaign.
How we know this
- Data origin
- Curated overlay Hacktivist entry synthesised from public reporting — not a MITRE-tracked intrusion set.
- Techniques
- No ATT&CK techniques mapped.
- Named victims
- 1 extracted from reporting.
Thin data: No ATT&CK techniques are mapped yet — the behavioural profile is empty. Only one named victim is on file.
See how actor data is built for the full pipeline.
Activity timeline
No activity events recorded.
Profile
| CVE | Risk | CVSS | EPSS | Published | Products |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No attributed CVEs. | |||||
No techniques attributed.
Co-occurring actors
None.
Similar actors
Same nation-state
- COMP-AMAZON-WALMART-LOGISTICS 1.00
- COMP-ANTHROPIC-OPENAI 1.00
- COMP-APPLE-MASIMO 1.00
- COMP-AVANT 1.00
- COMP-CITADEL-JUMP 1.00
Same category
- Moses Staff 1.00
- Al-Toufan 1.00
- AnonOps 1.00
- Anonymous Brasil 1.00
- Anonymous Collective 1.00