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Xiaoqiying threat group

Xiaoqiying is a threat group thought to operate from China. 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.

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Thought to operate from
China
Other names
2
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Who is Xiaoqiying?

Xiaoqiying has 2 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

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

What public reporting says

Xiaoqiying is a primarily Chinese-speaking threat group that is most well known for conducting website defacement and data exfiltration attacks on more than a dozen South Korean research and academic institutions in late-January 2023. Research from Recorded Futures Insikt Group has found that the groups affiliated threat actors have signaled a new round of cyberattacks against organizations in Japan and Taiwan. Although it shows no clear ties to the Chinese government, Xiaoqiying is staunchly pro-China and vows to target NATO countries as well as any country or region that is deemed hostile to China.

Public reports about Xiaoqiying (3)

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Xiaoqiying is a threat group thought to operate from China. Public reporting about it is still limited.

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