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IntrusionSet · ATTACK:ics:G0034

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{
  "id": "ATTACK:ics:G0034",
  "title": "Sandworm Team",
  "type": "IntrusionSet",
  "source_url": "https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0034",
  "snapshot": "ics-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": "intrusion-set--381fcf73-60f6-4ab2-9991-6af3cbc35192",
  "external_id": "G0034",
  "domain": "ics",
  "created": "2017-05-31T21:32:04.588Z",
  "modified": "2026-07-31T20:48:32.342Z",
  "version": "4.2",
  "aliases": [
    "Sandworm Team",
    "ELECTRUM",
    "Telebots",
    "IRON VIKING",
    "BlackEnergy (Group)",
    "Quedagh",
    "Voodoo Bear",
    "IRIDIUM",
    "Seashell Blizzard",
    "FROZENBARENTS",
    "APT44"
  ],
  "tactics": [

  ],
  "source_references": [
    {
      "source_name": "Voodoo Bear"
    },
    {
      "source_name": "ELECTRUM"
    },
    {
      "source_name": "Sandworm Team"
    },
    {
      "source_name": "Quedagh"
    },
    {
      "source_name": "FROZENBARENTS"
    },
    {
      "source_name": "APT44"
    },
    {
      "source_name": "IRIDIUM"
    },
    {
      "source_name": "Seashell Blizzard"
    },
    {
      "source_name": "BlackEnergy (Group)"
    },
    {
      "source_name": "Telebots"
    },
    {
      "source_name": "IRON VIKING"
    },
    {
      "source_name": "Leonard TAG 2023",
      "url": "https://blog.google/threat-analysis-group/ukraine-remains-russias-biggest-cyber-focus-in-2023/"
    },
    {
      "source_name": "US District Court Indictment GRU Oct 2018",
      "url": "https://www.justice.gov/opa/page/file/1098481/download"
    },
    {
      "source_name": "Dragos ELECTRUM",
      "url": "https://www.dragos.com/resource/electrum/"
    },
    {
      "source_name": "F-Secure BlackEnergy 2014",
      "url": "https://blog-assets.f-secure.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/15163408/BlackEnergy_Quedagh.pdf"
    },
    {
      "source_name": "iSIGHT Sandworm 2014",
      "url": "https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2016/01/ukraine-and-sandworm-team.html"
    },
    {
      "source_name": "CrowdStrike VOODOO BEAR",
      "url": "https://www.crowdstrike.com/blog/meet-crowdstrikes-adversary-of-the-month-for-january-voodoo-bear/"
    },
    {
      "source_name": "Microsoft Threat Actor Naming July 2023",
      "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/security/intelligence/microsoft-threat-actor-naming?view=o365-worldwide"
    },
    {
      "source_name": "Microsoft Prestige ransomware October 2022",
      "url": "https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2022/10/14/new-prestige-ransomware-impacts-organizations-in-ukraine-and-poland/"
    },
    {
      "source_name": "InfoSecurity Sandworm Oct 2014",
      "url": "https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/microsoft-zero-day-traced-russian/"
    },
    {
      "source_name": "NCSC Sandworm Feb 2020",
      "url": "https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/news/ncsc-supports-sandworm-advisory"
    },
    {
      "source_name": "USDOJ Sandworm Feb 2020",
      "url": "https://2017-2021.state.gov/the-united-states-condemns-russian-cyber-attack-against-the-country-of-georgia/index.html"
    },
    {
      "source_name": "mandiant_apt44_unearthing_sandworm",
      "url": "https://services.google.com/fh/files/misc/apt44-unearthing-sandworm.pdf"
    },
    {
      "source_name": "US District Court Indictment GRU Unit 74455 October 2020",
      "url": "https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/1328521/download"
    },
    {
      "source_name": "Secureworks IRON VIKING ",
      "url": "https://www.secureworks.com/research/threat-profiles/iron-viking"
    },
    {
      "source_name": "UK NCSC Olympic Attacks October 2020",
      "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-exposes-series-of-russian-cyber-attacks-against-olympic-and-paralympic-games"
    }
  ]
}

Explicit source assertions (14)

First 80 shown here; the complete set is in this record’s JSON and plaintext. Each relationship retains its source and locator. No inferred relationships are added.

ATTACK:ics:G0034 → uses → ATTACK:ics:S0606

MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.

Assertion source · Locator: relationship--129a4d3f-fa4a-42c3-833e-8f15155b9693

Secureworks IRON VIKING

ATTACK:ics:C0028 → attributed-to → ATTACK:ics:G0034

MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.

Assertion source · Locator: relationship--4d407dda-944a-4974-b1c2-0a04d2c9ee4c

Andy Greenberg June 2017 · US District Court Indictment GRU Unit 74455 October 2020

ATTACK:ics:G0034 → uses → ATTACK:ics:S1010

MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.

Assertion source · Locator: relationship--61869a8e-d6da-478a-b770-47f97beae8b4

NCSC CISA Cyclops Blink Advisory February 2022

ATTACK:ics:C0025 → attributed-to → ATTACK:ics:G0034

MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.

Assertion source · Locator: relationship--90647f03-38a4-4364-a3af-53640a81360e

Joe Slowik August 2019 · US District Court Indictment GRU Unit 74455 October 2020

ATTACK:ics:G0034 → uses → ATTACK:ics:S0604

MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.

Assertion source · Locator: relationship--9f07c92a-78a0-438a-8cb2-01e2bddaeb42

ESET Industroyer · Dragos Crashoverride 2017 · Dragos Crashoverride 2018 · mandiant_apt44_unearthing_sandworm · Secureworks IRON VIKING

ATTACK:ics:G0034 → uses → ATTACK:ics:S1072

MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.

Assertion source · Locator: relationship--9f43126d-5f6c-42a9-9908-49175c27ead7

Industroyer2 ESET April 2022 · mandiant_apt44_unearthing_sandworm

ATTACK:ics:G0034 → uses → ATTACK:ics:T0819

MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.

Assertion source · Locator: relationship--a846dbe5-9ef3-4fb6-93d5-f764671a75c8

ICS CERT September 2018 · ICS-CERT December 2014

ATTACK:ics:G0034 → uses → ATTACK:ics:S0089

MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.

Assertion source · Locator: relationship--b349ef5f-4a05-4eef-afe4-1543b8c832fa

iSIGHT Sandworm 2014 · F-Secure BlackEnergy 2014 · US District Court Indictment GRU Unit 74455 October 2020 · UK NCSC Olympic Attacks October 2020 · Secureworks IRON VIKING

ATTACK:ics:G0034 → uses → ATTACK:ics:S0368

MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.

Assertion source · Locator: relationship--c5dd0d66-99f1-4efd-b0f9-bf9f9118ff16

Trend Micro Cyclops Blink March 2022 · NCSC Sandworm Feb 2020 · mandiant_apt44_unearthing_sandworm · US District Court Indictment GRU Unit 74455 October 2020 · Secureworks IRON VIKING · UK NCSC Olympic Attacks October 2020

ATTACK:ics:G0034 → uses → ATTACK:ics:T1701.001

MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.

Assertion source · Locator: relationship--c8385036-b439-4360-8a56-cb595511e239

Dragos October 2018

ATTACK:ics:G0034 → uses → ATTACK:ics:S0607

MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.

Assertion source · Locator: relationship--ce64ed04-f0ff-4897-b636-3177c9c5d9bb

US District Court Indictment GRU Unit 74455 October 2020 · Secureworks IRON VIKING

ATTACK:ics:C0034 → attributed-to → ATTACK:ics:G0034

MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.

Assertion source · Locator: relationship--d3717846-eaab-4fde-99f6-a972dec9323b

Dragos-Sandworm-Ukraine-2022 · Mandiant-Sandworm-Ukraine-2022

ATTACK:ics:G0034 → uses → ATTACK:ics:T0884

MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.

Assertion source · Locator: relationship--eb1e05ef-58df-4c6d-acd7-5cc63ff7f44f

Dragos Inc. June 2017

ATTACK:ics:G0034 → uses → ATTACK:ics:T1701.002

MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.

Assertion source · Locator: relationship--f3b3bc3c-8259-44f2-95f7-3f6d81714bcb

Dragos October 2018

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