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Description
Andarielis a North Korean state-sponsored threat group that has been active since at least 2009.Andarielhas primarily focused its operations--which have included destructive attacks--against South Korean government agencies, military organizations, and a variety of domestic companies; they have also conducted cyber financial operations against ATMs, banks, and cryptocurrency exchanges.Andariel's notable activity includes Operation Black Mine, Operation GoldenAxe, and Campaign Rifle.[1][2][3][4][5] Andarielis considered a sub-set ofLazarus Group, and has been attributed to North Korea's Reconnaissance General Bureau.[6] North Korean group definitions are known to have significant overlap, and some security researchers report all North Korean state-sponsored cyber activity under the nameLazarus Groupinstead of tracking clusters or subgroups.
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First Seen
Unknown
Last Updated
April 29, 2026
18 hours, 39 minutes ago
Active Status
ActiveCreated
April 29, 2026
MITRE ATT&CK Techniques (12)
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'description': 'Andarielis a North Korean state-sponsored threat group that '
'has been active since at least 2009.Andarielhas primarily '
'focused its operations--which have included destructive '
'attacks--against South Korean government agencies, military '
'organizations, and a variety of domestic companies; they have '
'also conducted cyber financial operations against ATMs, '
"banks, and cryptocurrency exchanges.Andariel's notable "
'activity includes Operation Black Mine, Operation GoldenAxe, '
'and Campaign Rifle.[1][2][3][4][5] Andarielis considered a '
'sub-set ofLazarus Group, and has been attributed to North '
"Korea's Reconnaissance General Bureau.[6] North Korean group "
'definitions are known to have significant overlap, and some '
'security researchers report all North Korean state-sponsored '
'cyber activity under the nameLazarus Groupinstead of tracking '
'clusters or subgroups.',
'external_references': [{'external_id': 'G0138',
'source_name': 'mitre-attack',
'url': 'https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0138/'}],
'id': 'threat-actor--G0138',
'metadata': {'crawled_at': '2026-04-29T14:32:24.341615+00:00',
'mitre_group_id': 'G0138',
'page_title': 'Andariel, Silent Chollima, PLUTONIUM, Onyx Sleet, '
'Group G0138 | MITRE ATT&CK®'},
'name': 'Andariel',
'type': 'threat-actor'}