- Category
- State · Attributed to a state or working for one.
- Origin
- Russia(high confidence)
- Sponsor
- State-sponsored, Central Scientific Research Institute of Chemistry and Mechanics
- Motivation
- Sabotage and destruction
- Seen
- 2014–2026
- Status
- Active
- ATT&CK
- G0088 · 2 techniques
- Sources
- 12 sources carry it
- Identifier
- GINC-APT-0035 · temp-veles
RussiaWhat it is
TEMP.Veles is a Russia-based threat group that has targeted critical infrastructure. The group has been observed utilizing TRITON, a malware framework designed to manipulate industrial safety systems.
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
- G0088
- Thales
- ATK91
- Other names
- ATK 91, TRISIS, Triton, TRITON Group, XENOTIME
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 / ThaiCERTRussia
- ThreatActor.info (Malpedia et al.)Russia · high
Targets
- Countries
- Saudi Arabia, United States
- Sectors
- Critical infrastructure, Energy, Manufacturing, Oil and gas
Tools
The tools and malware families the sources tie to it.
- Cryptcat
- Mimikatz
- NetExec
- PsExec
- SecHack
- Triton
- Wii
Sources
- MITRE ATT&CK attack.mitre.org
- ETDA Threat Group Card apt.etda.or.th
- Malpedia malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de