Clear Mailbox Data
Subtechnique · ATTACK:enterprise:T1070.008
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{
"id": "ATTACK:enterprise:T1070.008",
"title": "Clear Mailbox Data",
"type": "Subtechnique",
"source_url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1070/008",
"snapshot": "enterprise-attack-20.0.json",
"status": "active",
"rights": "Source metadata only; source notices retained; no operational prose or payloads",
"review_status": "machine-extracted; source-specific checks passed, editorial review pending",
"stix_id": "attack-pattern--438c967d-3996-4870-bfc2-3954752a1927",
"external_id": "T1070.008",
"domain": "enterprise",
"created": "2022-07-08T21:04:03.739Z",
"modified": "2026-05-12T15:12:00.629Z",
"version": "2.0",
"aliases": [
],
"tactics": [
"stealth"
],
"source_references": [
{
"source_name": "Volexity SolarWinds",
"url": "https://www.volexity.com/blog/2020/12/14/dark-halo-leverages-solarwinds-compromise-to-breach-organizations/"
},
{
"source_name": "Cybereason Cobalt Kitty 2017",
"url": "https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/3354902/Cybereason%20Labs%20Analysis%20Operation%20Cobalt%20Kitty.pdf"
},
{
"source_name": "mailx man page",
"url": "https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/mailx.1p.html"
},
{
"source_name": "ExchangePowerShell Module",
"url": "https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/exchange/?view=exchange-ps#mailboxes"
},
{
"source_name": "Microsoft OAuth Spam 2022",
"url": "https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2022/09/22/malicious-oauth-applications-used-to-compromise-email-servers-and-spread-spam/"
}
]
}Explicit source assertions (9)
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ATTACK:enterprise:S1142 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1070.008
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--17d8f970-b482-405e-9c16-2d3a692d719f
ESET Turla Lunar toolset May 2024ATTACK:enterprise:T1070.008 → subtechnique-of → ATTACK:enterprise:T1070
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--5f69f13e-c7e7-488f-8e5e-988ab41a2a39
ATTACK:enterprise:M1022 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1070.008
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--7b89b499-2fc7-43cd-990f-297bdd15d2f3
ATTACK:enterprise:M1047 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1070.008
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--80e1e1e0-a60e-4ba6-a19a-4bc7a94f1cc6
Microsoft Manage Mail Flow Rules 2023ATTACK:enterprise:G1044 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1070.008
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--a69a3f1a-a912-41e2-b4b5-c320638ce858
Mandiant APT42-charmsATTACK:enterprise:S0477 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1070.008
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--baa60d8d-eff3-45d5-863a-b87ce3c7b468
Cybereason Cobalt Kitty 2017ATTACK:enterprise:M1029 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1070.008
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--d6afb4c9-f0e5-4a52-a012-8a30a934207f
ATTACK:enterprise:G1015 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1070.008
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--e07d39ba-56a0-4323-964a-db27f56359af
CrowdStrike Scattered Spider JUL 2025ATTACK:enterprise:C0024 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1070.008
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--e30d2085-62df-4c4a-9828-a9b6d5396136
Volexity SolarWinds