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Threat Actors Targeting Japan.

Brandefense tracks 221 threat actors known to target Japan. The most documented are APT28, Kimsuky and Lazarus Group. The sectors they target most are Technology, Manufacturing and Government.

Top target sectorsTechnology Manufacturing Government Ransomware victims in Japan →

MotivationEspionage Financial Ideology

221 of 221 published profiles shown

Cards Table

Actor	Type	Origin	Motivation	Sophistication	Exploited CVEs	Top malware
Yanbian Gang0 aliases	Cybercrime	China	Financial	Not rated	–	Android
Simo Colvin0 aliases	Unclassified	Unattributed	Unknown	Not rated	–	–
Swan Vector0 aliases	Nation-state APT	Unattributed	Espionage	Not rated	–	MECHANICAL
NetRunnerPR0 aliases	Unclassified	Unattributed	Unknown	Not rated	–	–
Earth Yako3 aliases	Nation-state APT	Unattributed	Espionage	Not rated	–	–

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