TraderTraitor threat group

TraderTraitor is a threat group thought to operate from North Korea. Public reporting about it is still limited. This free profile brings together what is known about it, so you can judge the risk to you. It lists the other names the group goes by and links to every public report behind it.

Attack techniques
0
Public reports
4
Thought to operate from
North Korea
Other names
3
Built from public reporting, with every source listed below.
Overview

Who is TraderTraitor?

TraderTraitor has 3 other names in security research. Below is what published reporting says about it, with a link to every report so you can check the detail yourself.

Also known as

Jade SleetUNC4899Pukchong

Security companies each give the same group their own name, so one group can have many.

What public reporting says

TraderTraitor targets blockchain companies through spear-phishing messages. The group sends these messages to employees, particularly those in system administration or software development roles, on various communication platforms, intended to gain access to these start-up and high-tech companies. TraderTraitor may be the work of operators previously responsible for APT38 activity.

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TraderTraitor is a threat group thought to operate from North Korea. Public reporting about it is still limited.

Public reporting places TraderTraitor as operating from North Korea. Attribution is never certain: it rests on the tools, infrastructure and targets researchers have seen.

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