{
  "id": "metador",
  "name": "Metador",
  "aliases": [],
  "domain": "cyber",
  "country": "UNK",
  "category": "Unattributed cyber threat group",
  "status": "tracked",
  "fielded": null,
  "operators": [],
  "summary": "Metador is a suspected cyber espionage group that was first reported in September 2022. Metador has targeted a limited number of telecommunication companies, internet service providers, and universities in the Middle East and Africa.",
  "specs": [
    {
      "k": "sponsor",
      "v": "Not attributed by ATT&CK",
      "src": [
        "mitre-g1013"
      ],
      "conf": "low"
    },
    {
      "k": "attack_id",
      "v": "G1013",
      "src": [
        "mitre-g1013"
      ],
      "conf": "high"
    },
    {
      "k": "targets",
      "v": "Metador has targeted a limited number of telecommunication companies, internet service providers, and universities in the Middle East and Africa.",
      "src": [
        "mitre-g1013"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "techniques_count",
      "v": 9,
      "src": [
        "mitre-g1013"
      ],
      "conf": "high",
      "note": "ATT&CK v20.1"
    },
    {
      "k": "software",
      "v": "Mafalda, metaMain",
      "src": [
        "mitre-g1013"
      ],
      "conf": "high",
      "note": "2 malware and tool entries linked in ATT&CK"
    }
  ],
  "payloads": [],
  "variants": [],
  "art": "cyber",
  "image": null,
  "verified": null,
  "notes": "Metador is a suspected cyber espionage group that was first reported in September 2022. Metador has targeted a limited number of telecommunication companies, internet service providers, and universities in the Middle East and Africa. Security researchers named the group Metador based on the \"I am meta\" string in one of the group's malware samples and the expectation of Spanish-language responses from C2 servers. Description adapted from MITRE ATT&CK®, © The MITRE Corporation, used under the ATT&CK Terms of Use.",
  "changelog": [
    {
      "date": "2026-11-08",
      "change": "Entry created from MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v20.1 (group G1013)"
    }
  ],
  "url": "https://www.defensepedia.com/systems/metador.html",
  "sources": {
    "mitre-g1013": {
      "title": "Metador, Group G1013",
      "publisher": "MITRE ATT&CK",
      "url": "https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G1013/",
      "published": "2026-07-31",
      "tier": 2,
      "checked": "2026-11-08"
    }
  }
}