Cyber fighters of Izz Ad-Din Al Qassam, Fraternal Jackal
Cyber fighters of Izz Ad-Din Al Qassam, Fraternal Jackal is an Iran-attributed nation-state APT group with an espionage motive, tracked by Brandefense. It targets the Finance sector in the United States.
- Cyber fighters of Izz Ad-Din Al Qassam
- Qassam Cyber Fighters
- QCF
- Fraternal Jackal
- Origin
- Iran
- Techniques
- 0
- Exploited CVEs
- No CVE data
- First seen
- Jan 1, 2012
- Record updated
Who They Target.
About Cyber fighters of Izz Ad-Din Al Qassam, Fraternal Jackal.
On September 18, 2012, the Qassam Cyber Fighters (QCF) posted its first message, in both English and Arabic, on its Pastebin page; the message warned the world that it was now targeting U.S. banks for hacking attacks, and would do so in the future as well. Since its emergence, the group has vowed to continue to carry out cyber attacks against Western targets until YouTube removes the anti-Muslim video 'Innocence of Muslims,' stating in its first communiqué: 'All the Muslim youths who are active in the Cyber world will attack to American and Zionist bases as much as needed such that they say that they are sorry about that insult.' Since the September 18, 2012 message, in which it announced that it was planning to attack the Bank of America and New York Stock Exchange on that date, it has been widely speculated that the group's origins are in fact Iranian. Western media sources, as well as analysts who have studied the QCF, have stated that it is actually an Iranian front.
Last updated Sep 11, 2026. Compiled by Brandefense technologies from structured threat intelligence and reviewed by Brandefense analysts. Techniques follow the MITRE ATT&CK framework.