TIARAS - T1020: Automated Exfiltration

MITRE ATT&CK Technique

Exfiltration T1020

Description

Adversaries may exfiltrate data, such as sensitive documents, through the use of automated processing after being gathered during Collection.(Citation: ESET Gamaredon June 2020) When automated 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) and [Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1048).

Supported Platforms

Linux macOS Network Devices Windows

Created

April 29, 2026

Last Updated

April 29, 2026

STIX Data

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 'description': 'Adversaries may exfiltrate data, such as sensitive documents, '
                'through the use of automated processing after being gathered '
                'during Collection.(Citation: ESET Gamaredon June 2020) \n'
                '\n'
                'When automated 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) and '
                '[Exfiltration Over Alternative '
                'Protocol](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1048).',
 'external_references': [{'external_id': 'T1020',
                          'source_name': 'mitre-attack',
                          'url': 'https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1020'},
                         {'description': 'Boutin, J. (2020, June 11). '
                                         'Gamaredon group grows its game. '
                                         'Retrieved June 16, 2020.',
                          'source_name': 'ESET Gamaredon June 2020',
                          'url': 'https://www.welivesecurity.com/2020/06/11/gamaredon-group-grows-its-game/'}],
 'id': 'attack-pattern--774a3188-6ba9-4dc4-879d-d54ee48a5ce9',
 'kill_chain_phases': [{'kill_chain_name': 'mitre-attack',
                        'phase_name': 'exfiltration'}],
 'modified': '2025-10-24T17:48:58.340Z',
 'name': 'Automated Exfiltration',
 'object_marking_refs': ['marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168'],
 'revoked': False,
 'spec_version': '2.1',
 'type': 'attack-pattern',
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 'x_mitre_contributors': ['ExtraHop'],
 'x_mitre_deprecated': False,
 'x_mitre_detection': '',
 'x_mitre_domains': ['enterprise-attack'],
 'x_mitre_is_subtechnique': False,
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 'x_mitre_platforms': ['Linux', 'macOS', 'Network Devices', 'Windows'],
 'x_mitre_version': '1.3'}