GINC-APT-0626 · Agency or leak

[Unnamed groups: China]

Category
Agency or leak · A state agency’s own unit, or a toolset known from a leak.
Origin
China(high confidence)
Sponsor
State-sponsored
Motivation
Information theft and espionage
Seen
2018
Sources
3 sources carry it
Identifier
GINC-APT-0626 · unnamed-groups-china

What it is

These are reported APT activities attributed to a country, but not to an individual threat group.

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

Targets

Countries
Cambodia, Japan, Myanmar, Netherlands, Taiwan, United States
Sectors
Defense, Government

Tools

The tools and malware families the sources tie to it.

  • COATHANGER

Sources