APT1
Also known as COMMENT PANDA, PLA Unit 61398, Comment Crew, Byzantine Candor, Group 3, TG-8223, Comment Group, Brown Fox, GIF89a, ShadyRAT, G0006
PLA Unit 61398 (Chinese: 61398部队, Pinyin: 61398 bùduì) is the Military Unit Cover Designator (MUCD)[1] of a People's Liberation Army advanced persistent threat unit that has been alleged to be a source of Chinese computer hacking attacks
Targets: Private sector, Government, United States, Taiwan, Israel, Norway, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Singapore, India, Belgium, South Africa, Switzerland, Canada, France
CVEs in recent coverage
No CVEs named alongside this actor in the last 90 days.
Recent victims
No leak-site posts on record for this group.
ATT&CK techniques
Recent activity
No posts or advisories have named this actor recently.
References
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PLA_Unit_61398
- http://intelreport.mandiant.com/Mandiant_APT1_Report.pdf
- https://www.cfr.org/interactive/cyber-operations/pla-unit-61398
- https://www.fireeye.com/content/dam/fireeye-www/services/pdfs/mandiant-apt1-report.pdf
- https://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/the-siesta-campaign-a-new-targeted-attack-awakens/
- https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2014/03/a-detailed-examination-of-the-siesta-campaign.html
- https://securingtomorrow.mcafee.com/other-blogs/mcafee-labs/operation-oceansalt-delivers-wave-after-wave/
- https://www.mcafee.com/enterprise/en-us/assets/reports/rp-operation-oceansalt.pdf
- https://community.broadcom.com/symantecenterprise/communities/community-home/librarydocuments/viewdocument?DocumentKey=f1265df5-6e5e-4fcc-9828-d4ddbbafd3d7&CommunityKey=1ecf5f55-9545-44d6-b0f4-4e4a7f5f5e68&tab=librarydocuments
- https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0006/
- https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/20/us/us-to-charge-chinese-workers-with-cyberspying.html
- https://www.mandiant.com/resources/insights/apt-groups
From the MISP threat-actor galaxy, MITRE ATT&CK and RansomLook (CC BY 4.0). Activity is any post or advisory Watch Floor collected that names the actor or one of its aliases.
