A new pro-Iranian hacking group has emerged called Ababil of Minab. Ababil of Minab has named itself after the missile attack on Shajareh Tayyebeh school in Minab, Hormuzgan province in Southern Iran which occured on the 28 February resulting in the death of 168 school girls.

The group carried out its first attack on the 9 April 2026 (20 Farvardin 1405) when the group claimed responsibility for a cyber attack against the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Authority. They published their claim on their Telegram channel and their website including videos and images of the hack, which can be seen in the images below:

The group said that they had accessed over 75 web servers, destroyed 500TB of data and exfiltrated 1TB of sensitive data. Several days later, the group posted again claiming that they had hacked the website vyncs.com, a smart GPS vehicle tracking platform that monitors location, driving behaviors and car health. Vyncs is one of the biggest GPS tracking technology companies in the US and more than 170,000 people in the USA use it. It offers features such as trip history and theft alerts through its app. The group then published photos and videos detailing the hack stating they had accessed over 75 servers, exfiltrated 4TB of data and wiped over 250TB of data. They also sent over 1 million notifications in the app. They claim to have essentially carried out a full website defacement.

Based on the group’s post, “This is just the beginning” and it has threatened that further cyber attacks are on the way. We will be watching and monitoring the group for further information or attacks.