Threat Actor Profile
High
APT
Description
APT16is a China-based threat group that has launched spearphishing campaigns targeting Japanese and Taiwanese organizations.[1]
Confidence Score
Tags
mitre-attack
crawled
web-source
mitre-group
First Seen
May 31, 2017
Last Updated
April 29, 2026
18 hours, 45 minutes ago
Active Status
ActiveCreated
April 29, 2026
Indicators of Compromise
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STIX Data
{'aliases': [],
'description': 'APT16is a China-based threat group that has launched '
'spearphishing campaigns targeting Japanese and Taiwanese '
'organizations.[1]',
'external_references': [{'external_id': 'G0023',
'source_name': 'mitre-attack',
'url': 'https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0023/'}],
'id': 'threat-actor--G0023',
'metadata': {'crawled_at': '2026-04-29T14:32:34.048483+00:00',
'created_date': '31 May 2017',
'last_modified': '16 April 2025',
'mitre_group_id': 'G0023',
'page_title': 'APT16, Group G0023 | MITRE ATT&CK®',
'version': '1.1'},
'name': 'APT16',
'type': 'threat-actor'}