Cyber threats / Threat actors

APT23

CN Suspected sponsor: China · ATT&CK G0081
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APAC targets
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News · 30d
Profile
Also known as: BRONZE HOBART, Earth Centaur, G0081, KeyBoy, PIRATE PANDA, Red Orthrus, Tropic Trooper

TrendMicro described Tropic Trooper in a 2015 report as: 'Taiwan and the Philippines have become the targets of an ongoing campaign called Operation TropicTrooper. Active since 2012, the attackers behind the campaign haveset their sights on the Taiwanese government as well as a number of companies in the heavy industry. The same campaign has also targeted key Philippine military agencies.'

Related profiles: UAT-9244

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ATT&CK techniques · 40
Initial Access
Execution
Persistence
Privilege Escalation
Stealth
Discovery
Collection
Command and Control
Exfiltration
Incidents attributed
  • No incident in the register is attributed to this actor.
In the news
  • No Asia-Pacific article names this actor yet.
Targets
No victim countries in the sources.
Sectors: Government, Administration, Military
Relevance to the EU
EU relevance: Low
No EU member state among its known victims and no overlap with EU projects
No EU cooperation projects recorded in its target countries.
References
Sources: MISP, MITRE