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Sea Turtle

Also known as Teal Kurma, Marbled Dust, Cosmic Wolf, SILICON
Tracked as G1041

Sea Turtle is a Türkiye-linked threat actor active since at least 2017 performing espionage and service provider compromise operations against victims in Asia, Europe, and North America. Sea Turtle is notable for targeting registrars managing ccTLDs and complex DNS-based intrusions where the threat actor compromised DNS providers to hijack DNS resolution for ultimate victims, enabling Sea Turtle to spoof log in portals and other applications for credential collection.

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Status
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Activity timeline

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Cataloged
IdentityAlias: Teal Kurma

Reviewed identity mapping approved on this date.

Cataloged
IdentityAlias: Marbled Dust

Reviewed identity mapping approved on this date.

Cataloged
IdentityAlias: Cosmic Wolf

Reviewed identity mapping approved on this date.

Cataloged
IdentityAlias: SILICON

Reviewed identity mapping approved on this date.

Cataloged
IdentityTracking identifier: G1041

Reviewed identity mapping approved on this date.

Identity and attribution

Exact names and tracking identifiers resolve to this canonical profile. Rebrands, affiliations, and overlapping clusters remain separate confidence-rated relationships.

Name map

Sea TurtleCanonical Name
Cosmic WolfAlias
Marbled DustAlias
SILICONAlias
Teal KurmaAlias
G1041Tracking Id

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