Z-Pentest Alliance
Z-Pentest Alliance is a pro-Russian hacktivist collective focused on OT/ICS and SCADA targeting. The content describes it as active since October 2023 and as a coalition that includes NoName057(16). It has increasingly targeted OT systems in Italy since Q4 2024 and is described as aiming to weaken industrial and control systems in Western countries to strengthen Russia’s geopolitical influence. During the March 2026 Iran-Israel-US conflict period, Z-Pentest Alliance published claims of access to industrial control systems in Western and Gulf-aligned countries and specifically published screenshots of an Israeli water pump HMI, claiming real-time access to valve and alarm controls and full access to a pump control and water supply management system in Israel. The content also characterizes the group as part of the pro-Russian ecosystem participating in conflict-driven cyber activity, and notes it made four public attack claims during the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Games period. High-confidence aliases directly mentioned are Z-Pentest Alliance and z_pentest_alliance.
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Targeting
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Who they target
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- Utilities
Where they target
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- 🇮🇱 Israel
Where they're from
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- RU
Tradecraft
3 distinct techniques observed across reporting, grouped by tactic. Hover any cell for the evidence excerpt; click through for MITRE's full description.
Observables
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Recent activity
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Pro-Russian collective focused on industrial control system and SCADA targeting, particularly against Western and Gulf-aligned infrastructure.
Threat actor publicly claiming DDoS-related attacks against Italian targets during the Winter Games period.
Pro-Russian-aligned group that published OT/ICS access claims against Israeli water infrastructure during the 2026 escalation.
Actor claiming real-time access to Israeli water infrastructure HMI and control functions, indicative of OT/ICS targeting.
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