MITRE ATT&CK Technique
Exfiltration
T1002
Description
An adversary may compress data (e.g., sensitive documents) that is collected prior to exfiltration in order to make it portable and minimize the amount of data sent over the network. The compression is done separately from the exfiltration channel and is performed using a custom program or algorithm, or a more common compression library or utility such as 7zip, RAR, ZIP, or zlib.
Supported Platforms
Linux
Windows
macOS
Created
April 29, 2026
Last Updated
April 29, 2026
STIX Data
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'description': 'An adversary may compress data (e.g., sensitive documents) '
'that is collected prior to exfiltration in order to make it '
'portable and minimize the amount of data sent over the '
'network. The compression is done separately from the '
'exfiltration channel and is performed using a custom program '
'or algorithm, or a more common compression library or utility '
'such as 7zip, RAR, ZIP, or zlib.',
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{'description': 'Wikipedia. (2016, March 31). List of '
'file signatures. Retrieved April 22, '
'2016.',
'source_name': 'Wikipedia File Header Signatures',
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'modified': '2025-10-24T17:49:17.460Z',
'name': 'Data Compressed',
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'revoked': True,
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