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Threat Actors Targeting China.

Brandefense tracks 212 threat actors known to target China. The most documented are Kimsuky, APT28 and Lazarus Group. The sectors they target most are Government, Manufacturing and Technology.

Top target sectorsGovernment Manufacturing Technology Ransomware victims in China →

MotivationEspionage Financial Ideology

24 of 67 published profiles shown

Cards Table

Actor	Type	Origin	Motivation	Sophistication	Exploited CVEs	Top malware
OilRig10 aliases	Nation-state APT	Iran	Espionage	Advanced	34	–
APT3215 aliases	Nation-state APT	Vietnam	Espionage	Advanced	22	–
Transparent Tribe16 aliases	Nation-state APT	Pakistan	Espionage	Advanced	5	–
Andariel19 aliases	Nation-state APT	North Korea	Espionage	Advanced	37	–
Earth Lusca4 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	37	–
menuPass8 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	22	–
Patchwork19 aliases	Nation-state APT	India	Espionage	Advanced	12	–
APT337 aliases	Nation-state APT	Iran	Espionage	Advanced	17	–
Daggerfly2 aliases	Nation-state APT	Unattributed	Espionage	Advanced	3	CloudScout
Aquatic Panda2 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	19	–
Ke3chang8 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	2	–
Leviathan15 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	9	–
Tropic Trooper8 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	8	–
Windshift3 aliases	Nation-state APT	Unattributed	Espionage	Advanced	3	–
RedCurl3 aliases	Nation-state APT	Russia	Espionage	Advanced	–	–
Higaisa0 aliases	Nation-state APT	South Korea	Espionage	Advanced	13	–
Thrip1 alias	Nation-state APT	Unattributed	Espionage	Expert	1	–
MirrorFace3 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	9	–
The White Company2 aliases	Nation-state APT	Unattributed	Espionage	Intermediate	3	NETWIRE
Velvet Ant0 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	2	–
DarkHotel3 aliases	Nation-state APT	South Korea	Espionage	Advanced	16	–
APT-C-2318 aliases	Nation-state APT	Unattributed	Espionage	Advanced	2	–
APT175 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	22	–
BackdoorDiplomacy0 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	6	–

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