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Threat Actors Targeting The Mining Sector.

Brandefense tracks 56 threat actors known to target the Mining sector. The most documented are APT41, AKIRA and Lockbit.

24 of 40 published profiles shown

ActorTypeOriginMotivationSophisticationExploited CVEsTop malware
AKIRA4 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced54–
Lockbit8 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced32–
BlackBasta1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced65–
Qilin5 aliasesRansomwareRussiaFinancialAdvanced18–
RansomHub3 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced30–
DragonForce2 aliasesRansomwareMalaysiaFinancialAdvanced24–
Clop1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced31–
BianLian1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced13Akira ransomware
INC Ransom2 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialModerate36–
Medusa1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced23–
BlackByte2 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced7–
Cobalt Group7 aliasesCybercrimeRussiaFinancialModerate17–
Thegentlemen2 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced1–
Fog1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialModerate16–
PLAY1 aliasRansomwareRussiaFinancialAdvanced––
BlackSuit2 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced1–
Termite3 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced1–
Lockbit53 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced––
RansomHouse1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialModerate––
Direwolf0 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialIntermediate––
Lynx1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialIntermediate––
MEOW1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced––
Hunters International1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialIntermediate––
FIN101 aliasCybercrimeUnattributedFinancialModerate––
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