Threat actors by targeted sector

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 56 published profiles shown

Actor	Type	Origin	Motivation	Sophistication	Exploited CVEs	Top malware
APT415 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Ideology	Strategic	29	–
AKIRA4 aliases	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	54	–
Lockbit8 aliases	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	32	–
BlackBasta1 alias	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	65	–
Qilin5 aliases	Ransomware	Russia	Financial	Advanced	18	–
RansomHub3 aliases	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	30	–
DragonForce2 aliases	Ransomware	Malaysia	Financial	Advanced	24	–
Clop1 alias	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	31	–
menuPass8 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	22	–
BianLian1 alias	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	13	Akira ransomware
Patchwork19 aliases	Nation-state APT	India	Espionage	Advanced	12	–
APT337 aliases	Nation-state APT	Iran	Espionage	Advanced	17	–
INC Ransom2 aliases	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Moderate	36	–
Medusa1 alias	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	23	–
BlackByte2 aliases	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	7	–
Ke3chang8 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	2	–
Cobalt Group7 aliases	Cybercrime	Russia	Financial	Moderate	17	–
Winnti3 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Ideology	Advanced	15	–
Thegentlemen2 aliases	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	1	–
Fog1 alias	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Moderate	16	–
APT175 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	22	–
PLAY1 alias	Ransomware	Russia	Financial	Advanced	–	–
BackdoorDiplomacy0 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	6	–
BlackSuit2 aliases	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	1	–

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