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QUILTED TIGER

Dropping Elephant (also known as “Chinastrats” and “Patchwork“) is a relatively new threat actor that is targeting a variety of high profile diplomatic and economic targets using a custom set of attack tools.

Dropping Elephant (also known as “Chinastrats” and “Patchwork“) is a relatively new threat actor that is targeting a variety of high profile diplomatic and economic targets using a custom set of attack tools. Its victims are all involved with China’s foreign relations in some way, and are generally caught through spear-phishing or watering hole attacks.

Also known as

Chinastrats, Patchwork, Monsoon, Sarit, Dropping Elephant, APT-C-09, ZINC EMERSON, ATK11, G0040, Orange Athos, Thirsty Gemini.

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Actor metadata imported from Malpedia (Fraunhofer FKIE).