MITRE ATT&CK G0016
Aliases: Cozy Bear, Nobelium, Midnight Blizzard, The Dukes, SVR
Official Attribution Source: CISA Advisory AA20-352A & White House Statement

Key Facts

Jurisdiction
Russian Federation
Geographic origin
Cases
1
Prosecution matters
Defendants
0
Indicted individuals
Sanctions
0
OFAC designations
  • Attributed Country: Russian Federation.
  • ATT&CK Group Reference: G0016 (APT29).
  • Linked to 1 primary court prosecution records.
  • Identified 0 individually charged operatives.

Primary ATT&CK Techniques Employed

ATT&CK Techniques Mapped to APT29 Technique frequencies extracted from verified indictments for APT29. T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application 1 incidents T1071.001 Web Protocols 1 incidents T1078 Valid Accounts 1 incidents T1132 Data Encoding 1 incidents T1036 Masquerading 1 incidents
Technique frequencies extracted from verified indictments for APT29.
ATT&CK Techniques Mapped to APT29
Technique Frequency
T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application 1 incidents
T1071.001 Web Protocols 1 incidents
T1078 Valid Accounts 1 incidents
T1132 Data Encoding 1 incidents
T1036 Masquerading 1 incidents

Prosecution Cases Attributed to This Actor

alleged 2020-12-13

SolarWinds Orion Supply Chain Intrusion (APT29 / SVR)

Sophisticated software supply chain compromise by the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), inserting the SUNBURST backdoor into updates of SolarWinds Orion software and compromising multiple federal agencies.

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