Cyber Threat Actor: Anonymous Cuba

Anonymous Cuba isa self‑identified hacktivist collective that operates under the alias Anonymous Cuba and claims to be based in Cuba. The group describes itself as composed of Cuban hackers who advocate for human rights, autonomy, self‑governance, and resistance to tyranny, positioning its actions as a struggle for the freedom of the Cuban people. Public statements linked to the group have been posted on social media accounts such as the Twitter handle La Resistencia Cuba, where they use the hashtag #SOSCUBA to announce and explain their activities. The collective’s public persona emphasizes political dissent rather than financial gain or espionage, and it frames its operations as responses to perceived government repression and societal conditions. No further details about the group’s internal structure, funding sources, or membership size are provided in the available material.

The only publicly reported operation attributed to Anonymous Cuba occurred on January 6 2023, when the group disabled certain departmental web pages of the University of Havana. This act was characterized as a protest against the messaging of Cuban President Miguel Díaz‑Canel and was intended to highlight what the group described as systemic misery and repression within the country. The disruption involved taking down or rendering inaccessible specific university web pages, a tactic that aligns with website defacement or denial‑of‑service techniques, although no specific malware families, exploit tools, or initial access vectors were disclosed in the source. No evidence links the collective to any state sponsor, criminal consortium, or broader hacking alliance, and the group’s affiliations remain undefined in open sources. The University of Havana incident stands as the sole documented campaign, illustrating the group’s focus on targeting educational institutions within Cuba to convey political messages through cyber disruption.