APT31
Country: People's Republic of China (PRC) Organization: Hubei State Security Department (HSSD), of the Ministry of State Security (MSS) Objective: Espionage
Aliases:
- BRONZE VINEWOOD (Secureworks)
- Judgment Panda (CrowdStrike)
- Red keres (PwC)
- TA412 (Proofpoint)
- Violet Typhoon (Microsoft)
- ZIRCONIUM (formerly used by Microsoft, MITRE)
- RedBravo (Recorded Future)
Front Company
- Wuhan Xiaoruizhi Science and Technology Company, Limited (Wuhan XRZ, ๆญฆๆฑๆ็ฟๆบ็งๆๆ้่ดฃไปปๅ ฌๅธ)
Identified Members
- Ni Gaobin (ๅช้ซๅฝฌ)
- Weng Ming (็ฟๆ)
- Cheng Feng (็จ้)
- Peng Yaowen (ๅฝญ่ๆ)
- Sun Xiaohui (ๅญๅฐ่พ)
- Xiong Wang (็ๆบ)
- Zhao Guangzong (่ตตๅ ๅฎ)
Links
- U.S. Department of Justice: Seven Hackers Associated with Chinese Government Charged with Computer Intrusions Targeting Perceived Critics of China and U.S. Businesses and Politicians (March 25, 2024)
- U.S. State Department: U.S. Takes Action to Further Disrupt PRC Cyber Activities (March 25, 2024)
- Rewards for Justice: APT31/Wuhan Xiaoruizhi Science &Technology Company, Ltd. (March 25, 2024)
- U.S. Treasury: Treasury Sanctions China-Linked Hackers for Targeting U.S. Critical Infrastructure (March 25, 2024)
- United Kingdom: UK holds China state-affiliated organisations and individuals responsible for malicious cyber activity (March 25, 2024)
- NCSC-UK: UK calls out China state-affiliated actors for malicious cyber targeting of UK democratic institutions and parliamentarians (March 25, 2024)