Threat Actor Profile
High APT
Description

Frankenstein is a campaign carried out between January and April 2019 by unknown threat actors. The campaign name comes from the actors' ability to piece together several unrelated components.(Citation: Talos Frankenstein June 2019)

Confidence Score
90%
Known Aliases
Frankenstein
Tags
mitre-attack stix-2.1 intrusion-set
First Seen

Unknown

Last Updated

Unknown

Active Status
Active
Created

April 29, 2026

Indicators of Compromise

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STIX Data
{'aliases': ['Frankenstein'],
 'created': '2020-05-11T15:21:09.438Z',
 'created_by_ref': 'identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5',
 'description': '[Frankenstein](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0101) is a '
                'campaign carried out between January and April 2019 by '
                'unknown threat actors. The campaign name comes from the '
                "actors' ability to piece together several unrelated "
                'components.(Citation: Talos Frankenstein June 2019)  ',
 'external_references': [{'external_id': 'G0101',
                          'source_name': 'mitre-attack',
                          'url': 'https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0101'},
                         {'description': 'Adamitis, D. et al. (2019, June 4). '
                                         "It's alive: Threat actors cobble "
                                         'together open-source pieces into '
                                         'monstrous Frankenstein campaign. '
                                         'Retrieved May 11, 2020.',
                          'source_name': 'Talos Frankenstein June 2019',
                          'url': 'https://blog.talosintelligence.com/2019/06/frankenstein-campaign.html'}],
 'id': 'intrusion-set--6b1b551c-d770-4f95-8cfc-3cd253c4c04e',
 'modified': '2025-04-18T17:59:26.537Z',
 'name': 'Frankenstein',
 'object_marking_refs': ['marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168'],
 'revoked': False,
 'spec_version': '2.1',
 'type': 'intrusion-set',
 'x_mitre_attack_spec_version': '3.2.0',
 'x_mitre_deprecated': True,
 'x_mitre_domains': ['enterprise-attack'],
 'x_mitre_modified_by_ref': 'identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5',
 'x_mitre_version': '1.1'}
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