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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.

24 of 31 published profiles shown

ActorTypeOriginMotivationSophisticationExploited CVEsTop malware
APT415 aliasesNation-state APTChinaIdeologyStrategic29–
Mustang Panda11 aliasesNation-state APTChinaIdeologyAdvanced13–
Volt Typhoon7 aliasesNation-state APTChinaIdeologyAdvanced44–
UNC38860 aliasesNation-state APTChinaIdeologyAdvanced13–
Lotus Blossom4 aliasesNation-state APTChinaIdeologyAdvanced7–
BRONZE BUTLER12 aliasesNation-state APTChinaIdeologyAdvanced10–
Silk Typhoon5 aliasesNation-state APTChinaIdeologyAdvanced17–
Violet Typhoon8 aliasesNation-state APTChinaIdeologyAdvanced2–
Winnti3 aliasesNation-state APTChinaIdeologyAdvanced15–
UNC52211 aliasNation-state APTChinaIdeologyAdvanced4–
TGR-STA-10301 aliasUnclassifiedChinaIdeologyAdvanced––
BlackTech13 aliasesNation-state APTChinaIdeologyAdvanced1–
Autumn Dragon0 aliasesNation-state APTChinaIdeologyAdvanced––
Earth Kurma0 aliasesUnclassifiedChinaIdeologyAdvanced––
APT162 aliasesNation-state APTChinaIdeologyExpert3–
Red Heron0 aliasesUnclassifiedChinaIdeologyAdvanced––
Chinese State-Sponsored APTs0 aliasesUnclassifiedChinaIdeologyAdvanced––
Storm-30690 aliasesUnclassifiedChinaIdeologyAdvanced––
VerdantBamboo0 aliasesUnclassifiedChinaIdeologyAdvanced1–
TA4190 aliasesUnclassifiedChinaIdeologyAdvanced––
UTA05650 aliasesUnclassifiedChinaIdeologyAdvanced––
OP-5120 aliasesUnclassifiedChinaIdeologyAdvanced––
Earth Ammit1 aliasUnclassifiedChinaIdeologyAdvanced––
UNK_ColtCentury3 aliasesUnclassifiedChinaIdeologyAdvanced––
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