MITRE ATT&CK Technique
Collection T1560
Description

An adversary may compress and/or encrypt data that is collected prior to exfiltration. Compressing the data can help to obfuscate the collected data and minimize the amount of data sent over the network.(Citation: DOJ GRU Indictment Jul 2018) Encryption can be used to hide information that is being exfiltrated from detection or make exfiltration less conspicuous upon inspection by a defender. Both compression and encryption are done prior to exfiltration, and can be performed using a utility, 3rd party library, or custom method.

Supported Platforms
Linux macOS Windows
Created

April 29, 2026

Last Updated

April 29, 2026

STIX Data
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                'collected prior to exfiltration. Compressing the data can '
                'help to obfuscate the collected data and minimize the amount '
                'of data sent over the network.(Citation: DOJ GRU Indictment '
                'Jul 2018) Encryption can be used to hide information that is '
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                '\n'
                'Both compression and encryption are done prior to '
                'exfiltration, and can be performed using a utility, 3rd party '
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 'external_references': [{'external_id': 'T1560',
                          'source_name': 'mitre-attack',
                          'url': 'https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1560'},
                         {'description': 'Mueller, R. (2018, July 13). '
                                         'Indictment - United States of '
                                         'America vs. VIKTOR BORISOVICH '
                                         'NETYKSHO, et al. Retrieved November '
                                         '17, 2024.',
                          'source_name': 'DOJ GRU Indictment Jul 2018',
                          'url': 'https://cdn.cnn.com/cnn/2018/images/07/13/gru.indictment.pdf'},
                         {'description': 'Wikipedia. (2016, March 31). List of '
                                         'file signatures. Retrieved April 22, '
                                         '2016.',
                          'source_name': 'Wikipedia File Header Signatures',
                          'url': 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_file_signatures'}],
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                        'phase_name': 'collection'}],
 'modified': '2025-10-24T17:48:48.023Z',
 'name': 'Archive Collected Data',
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