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APT16

G0023 China Espionage MITRE ATT&CK →

Overview

APT16 is a China-based threat group that has launched spearphishing campaigns targeting Japanese and Taiwanese organizations.

Naming & attribution

It uses 1 documented ATT&CK technique — more than 2% of the 174 groups tracked here.

Who calls this group what — MITRE lists each alias with the report that used it, but not which vendor coined it.
Name	First reported by
APT16	Winters, R

Targets

Private sector

Regions

Japan · Taiwan

TTPs — 1 technique across 1 tactic

Resource Development

T1584.004 Server

Tools & malware (1)

ELMER

Reporting (1)

The EPS Awakens - Part 2 — Winters, R