- Category
- State · Attributed to a state or working for one.
- Origin
- North Korea(high confidence)
- Agency named
- Lazarus
- Motivation
- Information theft and espionage
- Seen
- 2019
- Sources
- 5 sources carry it
- Identifier
- GINC-APT-0431 · operation-wizardopium
North KoreaWhat it is
We are calling these attacks Operation WizardOpium. So far, we have been unable to establish a definitive link with any known threat actors. There are certain very weak code similarities with Lazarus attacks, although these could very well be a false flag. The profile of the targeted website is more in line with earlier DarkHotel attacks that have recently deployed similar false flag attacks.
Attribution
Each attribution is a claim: who makes it, and to whom. Western and Eastern sources are kept apart, as they often disagree.
Western sources
- ETDA / ThaiCERTNorth Korea
- ThreatActor.info (Malpedia et al.)North Korea
Targets
- Countries
- South Korea
Sources
- ETDA Threat Group Card apt.etda.or.th
- Malpedia malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de