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APT1G0006 state

🇨🇳 CN · PLA · Unit 61398

aka APT1, Comment Crew, Comment Group, Comment Panda, PLA Unit 61398, Byzantine Candor, Group 3, TG-8223, Brown Fox, GIF89a, ShadyRAT, G0006

Last updated: 2026-10-16

32attributed CVEs
36ATT&CK techniques
73.5IDF score (tooling uniqueness)
0exclusive CVEs
2012–2024years active

About this actor

[APT1](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0006) is a Chinese threat group that has been attributed to the 2nd Bureau of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) General Staff Department’s (GSD) 3rd Department, commonly known by its Military Unit Cover Designator (MUCD) as Unit 61398. (Citation: Mandiant APT1)

Source: MITRE ATT&CK

Names & naming systems

Each vendor coins its own name for the same actor. Where a name follows a known scheme we attribute it; the rest are listed honestly as unclassified.

MITRE ATT&CKG-number catalogue id

G0006

CrowdStrikenation-animal names

Comment Panda

Mandiant / genericAPT numbering

APT1

Unclassifiedno scheme matched

Comment CrewComment GroupPLA Unit 61398Byzantine CandorGroup 3TG-8223Brown FoxGIF89aShadyRAT

How we know this

Data origin
MITRE ATT&CK Imported from the MITRE ATT&CK STIX bundle as an intrusion-set object.
Techniques
MITRE ATT&CK STIX mappings — 36 ATT&CK techniques on file.
Named victims
None on file.

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Activity timeline

2012: 1 CVE published120122015: 1 CVE published120152017: 2 CVE published220172018: 2 CVE published220182019: 11 CVE published1120192020: 14 CVE published1420202021: 1 CVE published2021: 27 KEV added2820212022: 2 KEV added220222024: 1 KEV added12024
CVE publishedKEV added

Profile

CVERiskCVSSEPSSPublishedProducts
CVE-2019-11510 KEV10.010.01.00002019-05-08see CVE
CVE-2020-1350 KEV10.010.00.96722020-07-14see CVE
CVE-2015-4852 KEV9.99.80.96882015-11-18see CVE
CVE-2018-4939 KEV9.99.80.97322018-05-19see CVE
CVE-2018-6789 KEV9.99.80.97482018-02-08see CVE
CVE-2019-0708 KEV9.99.81.00002019-05-16see CVE
CVE-2019-11580 KEV9.99.80.97502019-06-03see CVE
CVE-2019-16278 KEV9.99.80.99062019-10-14see CVE
CVE-2019-16920 KEV9.99.81.00002019-09-27see CVE
CVE-2019-18935 KEV9.99.80.99742019-12-11see CVE
CVE-2019-19781 KEV9.99.81.00002019-12-27see CVE
CVE-2019-3396 KEV9.99.80.99912019-03-25see CVE
CVE-2020-10189 KEV9.99.80.99942020-03-06see CVE
CVE-2020-15505 KEV9.99.80.99742020-07-07see CVE
CVE-2020-2555 KEV9.99.80.97122020-01-15see CVE
CVE-2020-5902 KEV9.99.81.00002020-07-01see CVE
CVE-2020-8515 KEV9.99.80.99992020-02-01see CVE
CVE-2012-0158 KEV9.28.80.99992012-04-10see CVE
CVE-2017-6327 KEV9.28.80.78182017-08-11see CVE
CVE-2020-0688 KEV9.28.80.99972020-02-11see CVE
CVE-2020-3118 KEV9.28.80.11812020-02-05see CVE
CVE-2020-1040 KEV9.09.00.07392020-07-14see CVE
CVE-2020-0601 KEV8.78.10.97332020-01-14see CVE
CVE-2019-0803 KEV8.57.80.90362019-04-09see CVE
CVE-2019-1653 KEV8.57.50.99882019-01-24see CVE
CVE-2019-1652 KEV8.17.20.97472019-01-24see CVE
CVE-2020-8193 KEV7.86.50.97462020-07-10see CVE
CVE-2020-8195 KEV7.76.50.95852020-07-10see CVE
CVE-2020-1472 KEV7.55.50.99512020-08-17see CVE
CVE-2020-8196 KEV7.54.30.70662020-07-10see CVE
CVE-2017-6328 6.98.80.02142017-08-11see CVE
CVE-2020-6789 5.87.80.00362021-03-25see CVE

Mitigating controls (NIST 800-53)

ControlTechniques coveredCoverage
SI-421 / 3658%
CM-619 / 3653%
CM-216 / 3644%
AC-313 / 3636%
AC-212 / 3633%
SI-312 / 3633%
AC-611 / 3631%
CM-710 / 3628%
AC-49 / 3625%
IA-29 / 3625%
SI-79 / 3625%
AC-178 / 3622%
CA-78 / 3622%
AC-57 / 3619%
CM-57 / 3619%

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