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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: 2026-08-22

2attributed CVEs
36ATT&CK techniques
4.4IDF score (tooling uniqueness)
0exclusive CVEs
2017–2021years 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

Profile

CVERiskCVSSEPSSPublishedProducts
CVE-2017-6328 6.98.80.02142017-08-11see CVE
CVE-2020-6789 5.87.80.00352021-03-25see 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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