MITRE ATT&CK Technique
Exfiltration T1029
Description

Adversaries may schedule data exfiltration to be performed only at certain times of day or at certain intervals. This could be done to blend traffic patterns with normal activity or availability. When scheduled exfiltration is used, other exfiltration techniques likely apply as well to transfer the information out of the network, such as [Exfiltration Over C2 Channel](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1041) or [Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1048).

Supported Platforms
Linux macOS Windows
Created

April 29, 2026

Last Updated

April 29, 2026

STIX Data
{'created': '2017-05-31T21:30:34.139Z',
 'created_by_ref': 'identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5',
 'description': 'Adversaries may schedule data exfiltration to be performed '
                'only at certain times of day or at certain intervals. This '
                'could be done to blend traffic patterns with normal activity '
                'or availability.\n'
                '\n'
                'When scheduled exfiltration is used, other exfiltration '
                'techniques likely apply as well to transfer the information '
                'out of the network, such as [Exfiltration Over C2 '
                'Channel](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1041) or '
                '[Exfiltration Over Alternative '
                'Protocol](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1048).',
 'external_references': [{'external_id': 'T1029',
                          'source_name': 'mitre-attack',
                          'url': 'https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1029'}],
 'id': 'attack-pattern--4eeaf8a9-c86b-4954-a663-9555fb406466',
 'kill_chain_phases': [{'kill_chain_name': 'mitre-attack',
                        'phase_name': 'exfiltration'}],
 'modified': '2025-10-24T17:48:45.522Z',
 'name': 'Scheduled Transfer',
 'object_marking_refs': ['marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168'],
 'revoked': False,
 'spec_version': '2.1',
 'type': 'attack-pattern',
 'x_mitre_attack_spec_version': '3.2.0',
 'x_mitre_deprecated': False,
 'x_mitre_detection': '',
 'x_mitre_domains': ['enterprise-attack'],
 'x_mitre_is_subtechnique': False,
 'x_mitre_modified_by_ref': 'identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5',
 'x_mitre_platforms': ['Linux', 'macOS', 'Windows'],
 'x_mitre_version': '1.1'}
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