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Threat Actors Targeting Japan.

Brandefense tracks 203 threat actors known to target Japan. The most documented are Kimsuky, APT28 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

24 of 203 published profiles shown

Cards Table

Actor	Type	Origin	Motivation	Sophistication	Exploited CVEs	Top malware
Kimsuky8 aliases	Nation-state APT	South Korea	Ideology	Advanced	23	–
APT2828 aliases	Nation-state APT	Russia	Ideology	Strategic	48	–
Lazarus Group16 aliases	Nation-state APT	North Korea	Financial	Strategic	39	–
Sandworm5 aliases	Unclassified	Russia	Ideology	Advanced	36	–
APT2928 aliases	Nation-state APT	Russia	Ideology	Strategic	27	–
APT357 aliases	Nation-state APT	Iran	Ideology	Advanced	50	–
Scattered Spider6 aliases	Ransomware	Canada	Financial	Advanced	18	–
APT389 aliases	Nation-state APT	North Korea	Financial	Advanced	65	–
APT415 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Ideology	Strategic	29	–
APT376 aliases	Nation-state APT	North Korea	Ideology	Advanced	29	–
AKIRA4 aliases	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	54	–
APT3215 aliases	Nation-state APT	Vietnam	Espionage	Advanced	22	–
Mustang Panda11 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Ideology	Advanced	13	–
GhostEmperor7 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Strategic	47	–
Transparent Tribe16 aliases	Nation-state APT	Pakistan	Espionage	Advanced	5	–
Shinyhunters5 aliases	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	19	–
Lockbit8 aliases	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	32	–
BlackBasta1 alias	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	65	–
Wizard Spider15 aliases	Cybercrime	Russia	Financial	Advanced	68	–
Qilin5 aliases	Ransomware	Russia	Financial	Advanced	18	–
RansomHub3 aliases	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	30	–
DragonForce2 aliases	Ransomware	Malaysia	Financial	Advanced	24	–
Andariel19 aliases	Nation-state APT	North Korea	Espionage	Advanced	37	–
Earth Lusca4 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	37	–

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