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Fancy Lazarus (DDoS extortion persona)HACK-FANCY-LAZARUS hacktivist
aka Fancy Lazarus (DDoS extortion persona), Fancy Lazarus crew
Last updated: 2026-08-20
0attributed CVEs
0ATT&CK techniques
0.0IDF score (tooling uniqueness)
0exclusive CVEs
—years active
About this actor
A 2020-2021 DDoS-extortion campaign whose operators alternated between impersonating Fancy Bear, Lazarus Group, and Armada Collective. Hacktivist-style messaging accompanied the extortion attempts targeting US and European financial institutions; Akamai and Radware reported widespread but largely unsuccessful shakedowns.
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
- None on file.
Thin data: No ATT&CK techniques are mapped yet — the behavioural profile is empty.
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Activity timeline
No activity events recorded.
Profile
| CVE | Risk | CVSS | EPSS | Published | Products |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No attributed CVEs. | |||||
No techniques attributed.
Co-occurring actors
None.
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