Threat actors by attributed origin

China-Attributed Threat Actors.

Brandefense tracks 193 threat actors attributed to China. The most documented are APT41, Mustang Panda and GhostEmperor. The sectors they target most are Government, Technology and Manufacturing.

Top target sectorsGovernment Technology Manufacturing

MotivationEspionage Financial Ideology

24 of 111 published profiles shown

Cards Table

Actor	Type	Origin	Motivation	Sophistication	Exploited CVEs	Top malware
GhostEmperor7 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Strategic	47	–
Earth Lusca4 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	37	–
menuPass8 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	22	–
Aquatic Panda2 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	19	–
Chimera2 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	2	–
Ke3chang8 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	2	–
Leviathan15 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	9	–
APT316 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	10	–
Tropic Trooper8 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	8	–
ToddyCat2 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	7	–
MirrorFace3 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	9	–
Velvet Ant0 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	2	–
Night Dragon1 alias	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Intermediate	–	–
APT198 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	9	–
GALLIUM5 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	5	–
APT175 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	22	–
Tonto Team4 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	1	–
APT58 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	6	–
BackdoorDiplomacy0 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	6	–
APT114 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	1	–
Taidoor0 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	4	–
Dust Storm2 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	5	–
Naikon0 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	1	–
Putter Panda9 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	10	–

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