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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.

48 of 193 published profiles shown

ActorTypeOriginMotivationSophisticationExploited CVEsTop malware
APT198 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageAdvanced9–
GALLIUM5 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageAdvanced5–
APT175 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageAdvanced22–
Storm-26032 aliasesCybercrimeChinaFinancialAdvanced4–
Tonto Team4 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageAdvanced1–
APT58 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageAdvanced6–
BackdoorDiplomacy0 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageAdvanced6–
APT114 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageAdvanced1–
UNC52211 aliasNation-state APTChinaIdeologyAdvanced4–
Silver Fox5 aliasesCybercrimeChinaFinancialAdvanced––
Warlock1 aliasRansomwareChinaFinancialAdvanced2–
Taidoor0 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageAdvanced4–
Dust Storm2 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageAdvanced5–
Naikon0 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageAdvanced1–
Putter Panda9 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageAdvanced10–
Admin@3384 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageAdvanced3–
Cinnamon Tempest6 aliasesCybercrimeChinaFinancialAdvanced8–
IndigoZebra1 aliasNation-state APTChinaEspionageAdvanced––
APT305 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageAdvanced1–
PittyTiger5 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageAdvanced5–
Axiom3 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageAdvanced5–
Rancor3 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageAdvanced3–
Elderwood3 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageAdvanced12–
Earth Alux4 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageAdvanced––
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