Threat Actor Profile
High
APT
Description
Stolen Pencil is a threat group likely originating from DPRK that has been active since at least May 2018. The group appears to have targeted academic institutions, but its motives remain unclear.(Citation: Netscout Stolen Pencil Dec 2018)
Confidence Score
Known Aliases
Stolen Pencil
Tags
mitre-attack
stix-2.1
intrusion-set
First Seen
Unknown
Last Updated
Unknown
Active Status
ActiveCreated
April 29, 2026
Indicators of Compromise
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STIX Data
{'aliases': ['Stolen Pencil'],
'created': '2019-02-05T17:56:55.233Z',
'created_by_ref': 'identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5',
'description': '[Stolen Pencil](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0086) is a '
'threat group likely originating from DPRK that has been '
'active since at least May 2018. The group appears to have '
'targeted academic institutions, but its motives remain '
'unclear.(Citation: Netscout Stolen Pencil Dec 2018)',
'external_references': [{'external_id': 'G0086',
'source_name': 'mitre-attack',
'url': 'https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0086'},
{'description': '(Citation: Netscout Stolen Pencil '
'Dec 2018)',
'source_name': 'Stolen Pencil'},
{'description': 'ASERT team. (2018, December 5). '
'STOLEN PENCIL Campaign Targets '
'Academia. Retrieved February 5, '
'2019.',
'source_name': 'Netscout Stolen Pencil Dec 2018',
'url': 'https://asert.arbornetworks.com/stolen-pencil-campaign-targets-academia/'}],
'id': 'intrusion-set--7a0d4c09-dfe7-4fa2-965a-1a0e42fedd70',
'modified': '2025-04-25T14:49:37.027Z',
'name': 'Stolen Pencil',
'object_marking_refs': ['marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168'],
'revoked': True,
'spec_version': '2.1',
'type': 'intrusion-set',
'x_mitre_attack_spec_version': '3.2.0',
'x_mitre_deprecated': False,
'x_mitre_domains': ['enterprise-attack'],
'x_mitre_modified_by_ref': 'identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5',
'x_mitre_version': '1.1'}