Silence
Silence is a Russia-attributed cybercrime syndicate with a financial motive, tracked by Brandefense. It targets 6 sectors, including Government and Manufacturing, in 66 countries, including the United States and the United Kingdom. It uses 36 MITRE ATT&CK techniques and exploits 8 known CVEs.
Also known as
- Whisper Spider
- G0091
- Contract Crew
- TEMP.TruthTeller
- ATK 86
- TAG-CR8
- Origin
- Russia
- Techniques
- 36
- Exploited CVEs
- 8
- First seen
- Jan 1, 2016
- Last seen
- Mar 2, 2020
- Record updated
Who They Target.
About Silence.
Silence is a financially motivated threat actor targeting financial institutions in different countries. The group was first seen in June 2016.
Last updated Sep 30, 2026. Compiled by Brandefense technologies from structured threat intelligence and reviewed by Brandefense analysts. Techniques follow the MITRE ATT&CK framework.