Anti WMD Team

Profile narrative

The threat actor known as Anti WMD Team is associated with Iran, according to publicly available information. This alias has been linked to a significant cyber incident that occurred on February 10, 2014, targeting Las Vegas Sands Corp. The group’s name and geographic association are the only attribution details explicitly stated in the source material.

The attack on Las Vegas Sands Corp caused widespread disruption to the company’s operations. Computers and servers shut down in a cascading IT catastrophe, email and telephone services were unavailable, and numerous hard drives were wiped clean. The incident paralyzed critical IT infrastructure, leaving the engineering teams overwhelmed during their response efforts. The company’s technical staff reported that they had never encountered an attack of this scale or nature before.

The only publicly documented operation attributed to Anti WMD Team targeted a casino and hospitality enterprise located in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. This indicates that the actor’s known activity has been directed at the gaming sector within the United States. No additional sectors, regions, or patterns of targeting are described in the available sources.

Attribution to Anti WMD Team is based on the public reporting of the Las Vegas Sands incident; no further affiliations, state connections, or consortium ties are explicitly cited. Consequently, the profile is limited to the confirmed facts of the alias, its presumed location, the single identified campaign, and the observed effects of that attack.

Incidents

Attributed incidents are available to members.