- Category
- State · Attributed to a state or working for one.
- Origin
- China(high confidence)
- Motivation
- Information theft and espionage
- Seen
- 2017–2026
- Status
- Active
- ATT&CK
- G0062 · 5 techniques
- Sources
- 9 sources carry it
- Identifier
- GINC-APT-0099 · ta459
ChinaWhat it is
TA459 is a threat group believed to operate out of China that has targeted countries including Russia, Belarus, Mongolia, and others.
Names
The names each vendor, agency and source gives it. Naming differs by who tracks the actor, so one group carries many.
- MITRE ATT&CK
- G0062
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 / ThaiCERTChina
- MISP Galaxy (CFR tagging)China
- ThreatActor.info (Malpedia et al.)China · high
Targets
- Countries
- Belarus, Mongolia, Russia
- Sectors
- Financial, Telecommunications
Tools
The tools and malware families the sources tie to it.
- Gh0st
- Gh0st RAT
- NetTraveler
- PCrat
- PlugX
- RoyalRoad RTF Weaponizer
- ZeroT
- gh0st RAT
Sources
- MITRE ATT&CK attack.mitre.org
- ETDA Threat Group Card apt.etda.or.th
- Malpedia malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de