MITRE ATT&CK Technique
Description
Adversaries may gather information about the victim's organization that can be used during targeting. Information about an organization may include a variety of details, including the names of divisions/departments, specifics of business operations, as well as the roles and responsibilities of key employees. Adversaries may gather this information in various ways, such as direct elicitation via [Phishing for Information](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1598). Information about an organization may also be exposed to adversaries via online or other accessible data sets (ex: [Social Media](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1593/001) or [Search Victim-Owned Websites](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1594)).(Citation: ThreatPost Broadvoice Leak)(Citation: SEC EDGAR Search) Gathering this information may reveal opportunities for other forms of reconnaissance (ex: [Phishing for Information](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1598) or [Search Open Websites/Domains](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1593)), establishing operational resources (ex: [Establish Accounts](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1585) or [Compromise Accounts](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1586)), and/or initial access (ex: [Phishing](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1566) or [Trusted Relationship](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1199)).
Supported Platforms
Created
April 29, 2026
Last Updated
April 29, 2026
STIX Data
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'description': "Adversaries may gather information about the victim's "
'organization that can be used during targeting. Information '
'about an organization may include a variety of details, '
'including the names of divisions/departments, specifics of '
'business operations, as well as the roles and '
'responsibilities of key employees.\n'
'\n'
'Adversaries may gather this information in various ways, such '
'as direct elicitation via [Phishing for '
'Information](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1598). '
'Information about an organization may also be exposed to '
'adversaries via online or other accessible data sets (ex: '
'[Social Media](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1593/001) '
'or [Search Victim-Owned '
'Websites](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1594)).(Citation: '
'ThreatPost Broadvoice Leak)(Citation: SEC EDGAR Search) '
'Gathering this information may reveal opportunities for other '
'forms of reconnaissance (ex: [Phishing for '
'Information](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1598) or '
'[Search Open '
'Websites/Domains](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1593)), '
'establishing operational resources (ex: [Establish '
'Accounts](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1585) or '
'[Compromise '
'Accounts](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1586)), and/or '
'initial access (ex: '
'[Phishing](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1566) or '
'[Trusted '
'Relationship](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1199)).',
'external_references': [{'external_id': 'T1591',
'source_name': 'mitre-attack',
'url': 'https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1591'},
{'description': 'Seals, T. (2020, October 15). '
'Broadvoice Leak Exposes 350M '
'Records, Personal Voicemail '
'Transcripts. Retrieved October 20, '
'2020.',
'source_name': 'ThreatPost Broadvoice Leak',
'url': 'https://threatpost.com/broadvoice-leaks-350m-records-voicemail-transcripts/160158/'},
{'description': 'U.S. SEC. (n.d.). EDGAR - Search and '
'Access. Retrieved November 17, 2024.',
'source_name': 'SEC EDGAR Search',
'url': 'https://www.sec.gov/edgar/search/'}],
'id': 'attack-pattern--937e4772-8441-4e4a-8bf0-8d447d667e23',
'kill_chain_phases': [{'kill_chain_name': 'mitre-attack',
'phase_name': 'reconnaissance'}],
'modified': '2025-10-24T17:49:06.846Z',
'name': 'Gather Victim Org Information',
'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,
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'x_mitre_platforms': ['PRE'],
'x_mitre_version': '1.1'}