GINC-APT-0187 · State

Curious Gorge

Also UNC3742.

Category
State · Attributed to a state or working for one.
Origin
China(high confidence)
Sponsor
State-sponsored, PLA SSF
Agency named
PLA
Motivation
Espionage; Information theft and espionage
Seen
2022
Sources
7 sources carry it
Identifier
GINC-APT-0187 · curious-gorge

What it is

Curious Gorge, a group TAG attributes to China's PLA SSF, has conducted campaigns against government and military organizations in Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan, and Mongolia. The actor has remained active against government, military, logistics and manufacturing organizations in Ukraine, Russia and Central Asia. In Russia, long running campaigns against multiple government organizations have continued, including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Over the past week, TAG identified additional compromises impacting multiple Russian defense contractors and manufacturers and a Russian logistics company.

Names

The names each vendor, agency and source gives it. Naming differs by who tracks the actor, so one group carries many.

Mandiant
UNC3742

Attribution

Each attribution is a claim: who makes it, and to whom. Western and Eastern sources are kept apart, as they often disagree.

Targets

Countries
Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Russia, Ukraine
Sectors
Defense, Defense Contractor, Government, Logistics, Military

Tools

The tools and malware families the sources tie to it.

  • China Chopper

Sources