Sandworm Team
IntrusionSet · ATTACK:ics:G0034
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{
"id": "ATTACK:ics:G0034",
"title": "Sandworm Team",
"type": "IntrusionSet",
"source_url": "https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0034",
"snapshot": "ics-attack-20.0.json",
"status": "active",
"rights": "Source metadata only; source notices retained; no operational prose or payloads",
"review_status": "machine-extracted; source-specific checks passed, editorial review pending",
"stix_id": "intrusion-set--381fcf73-60f6-4ab2-9991-6af3cbc35192",
"external_id": "G0034",
"domain": "ics",
"created": "2017-05-31T21:32:04.588Z",
"modified": "2026-07-31T20:48:32.342Z",
"version": "4.2",
"aliases": [
"Sandworm Team",
"ELECTRUM",
"Telebots",
"IRON VIKING",
"BlackEnergy (Group)",
"Quedagh",
"Voodoo Bear",
"IRIDIUM",
"Seashell Blizzard",
"FROZENBARENTS",
"APT44"
],
"tactics": [
],
"source_references": [
{
"source_name": "Voodoo Bear"
},
{
"source_name": "ELECTRUM"
},
{
"source_name": "Sandworm Team"
},
{
"source_name": "Quedagh"
},
{
"source_name": "FROZENBARENTS"
},
{
"source_name": "APT44"
},
{
"source_name": "IRIDIUM"
},
{
"source_name": "Seashell Blizzard"
},
{
"source_name": "BlackEnergy (Group)"
},
{
"source_name": "Telebots"
},
{
"source_name": "IRON VIKING"
},
{
"source_name": "Leonard TAG 2023",
"url": "https://blog.google/threat-analysis-group/ukraine-remains-russias-biggest-cyber-focus-in-2023/"
},
{
"source_name": "US District Court Indictment GRU Oct 2018",
"url": "https://www.justice.gov/opa/page/file/1098481/download"
},
{
"source_name": "Dragos ELECTRUM",
"url": "https://www.dragos.com/resource/electrum/"
},
{
"source_name": "F-Secure BlackEnergy 2014",
"url": "https://blog-assets.f-secure.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/15163408/BlackEnergy_Quedagh.pdf"
},
{
"source_name": "iSIGHT Sandworm 2014",
"url": "https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2016/01/ukraine-and-sandworm-team.html"
},
{
"source_name": "CrowdStrike VOODOO BEAR",
"url": "https://www.crowdstrike.com/blog/meet-crowdstrikes-adversary-of-the-month-for-january-voodoo-bear/"
},
{
"source_name": "Microsoft Threat Actor Naming July 2023",
"url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/security/intelligence/microsoft-threat-actor-naming?view=o365-worldwide"
},
{
"source_name": "Microsoft Prestige ransomware October 2022",
"url": "https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2022/10/14/new-prestige-ransomware-impacts-organizations-in-ukraine-and-poland/"
},
{
"source_name": "InfoSecurity Sandworm Oct 2014",
"url": "https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/microsoft-zero-day-traced-russian/"
},
{
"source_name": "NCSC Sandworm Feb 2020",
"url": "https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/news/ncsc-supports-sandworm-advisory"
},
{
"source_name": "USDOJ Sandworm Feb 2020",
"url": "https://2017-2021.state.gov/the-united-states-condemns-russian-cyber-attack-against-the-country-of-georgia/index.html"
},
{
"source_name": "mandiant_apt44_unearthing_sandworm",
"url": "https://services.google.com/fh/files/misc/apt44-unearthing-sandworm.pdf"
},
{
"source_name": "US District Court Indictment GRU Unit 74455 October 2020",
"url": "https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/1328521/download"
},
{
"source_name": "Secureworks IRON VIKING ",
"url": "https://www.secureworks.com/research/threat-profiles/iron-viking"
},
{
"source_name": "UK NCSC Olympic Attacks October 2020",
"url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-exposes-series-of-russian-cyber-attacks-against-olympic-and-paralympic-games"
}
]
}Explicit source assertions (14)
First 80 shown here; the complete set is in this record’s JSON and plaintext. Each relationship retains its source and locator. No inferred relationships are added.
ATTACK:ics:G0034 → uses → ATTACK:ics:S0606
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--129a4d3f-fa4a-42c3-833e-8f15155b9693
Secureworks IRON VIKINGATTACK:ics:C0028 → attributed-to → ATTACK:ics:G0034
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--4d407dda-944a-4974-b1c2-0a04d2c9ee4c
Andy Greenberg June 2017 · US District Court Indictment GRU Unit 74455 October 2020ATTACK:ics:G0034 → uses → ATTACK:ics:S1010
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--61869a8e-d6da-478a-b770-47f97beae8b4
NCSC CISA Cyclops Blink Advisory February 2022ATTACK:ics:C0025 → attributed-to → ATTACK:ics:G0034
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--90647f03-38a4-4364-a3af-53640a81360e
Joe Slowik August 2019 · US District Court Indictment GRU Unit 74455 October 2020ATTACK:ics:G0034 → uses → ATTACK:ics:S0604
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--9f07c92a-78a0-438a-8cb2-01e2bddaeb42
ESET Industroyer · Dragos Crashoverride 2017 · Dragos Crashoverride 2018 · mandiant_apt44_unearthing_sandworm · Secureworks IRON VIKINGATTACK:ics:G0034 → uses → ATTACK:ics:S1072
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--9f43126d-5f6c-42a9-9908-49175c27ead7
Industroyer2 ESET April 2022 · mandiant_apt44_unearthing_sandwormATTACK:ics:G0034 → uses → ATTACK:ics:T0819
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--a846dbe5-9ef3-4fb6-93d5-f764671a75c8
ICS CERT September 2018 · ICS-CERT December 2014ATTACK:ics:G0034 → uses → ATTACK:ics:S0089
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--b349ef5f-4a05-4eef-afe4-1543b8c832fa
iSIGHT Sandworm 2014 · F-Secure BlackEnergy 2014 · US District Court Indictment GRU Unit 74455 October 2020 · UK NCSC Olympic Attacks October 2020 · Secureworks IRON VIKINGATTACK:ics:G0034 → uses → ATTACK:ics:S0368
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--c5dd0d66-99f1-4efd-b0f9-bf9f9118ff16
Trend Micro Cyclops Blink March 2022 · NCSC Sandworm Feb 2020 · mandiant_apt44_unearthing_sandworm · US District Court Indictment GRU Unit 74455 October 2020 · Secureworks IRON VIKING · UK NCSC Olympic Attacks October 2020ATTACK:ics:G0034 → uses → ATTACK:ics:T1701.001
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--c8385036-b439-4360-8a56-cb595511e239
Dragos October 2018ATTACK:ics:G0034 → uses → ATTACK:ics:S0607
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--ce64ed04-f0ff-4897-b636-3177c9c5d9bb
US District Court Indictment GRU Unit 74455 October 2020 · Secureworks IRON VIKINGATTACK:ics:C0034 → attributed-to → ATTACK:ics:G0034
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--d3717846-eaab-4fde-99f6-a972dec9323b
Dragos-Sandworm-Ukraine-2022 · Mandiant-Sandworm-Ukraine-2022ATTACK:ics:G0034 → uses → ATTACK:ics:T0884
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--eb1e05ef-58df-4c6d-acd7-5cc63ff7f44f
Dragos Inc. June 2017ATTACK:ics:G0034 → uses → ATTACK:ics:T1701.002
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--f3b3bc3c-8259-44f2-95f7-3f6d81714bcb
Dragos October 2018