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menuPassG0045 state

🇨🇳 CN · MSS · Tianjin Bureau

aka menuPass, Cicada, POTASSIUM, Stone Panda, APT10, Red Apollo, CVNX, HOGFISH, BRONZE RIVERSIDE, Menupass Team, happyyongzi, Cloud Hopper, ATK41, G0045, Granite Taurus, TA429, Purple Typhoon

Last updated: 2026-08-22

2attributed CVEs
65ATT&CK techniques
4.4IDF score (tooling uniqueness)
0exclusive CVEs
2017–2021years active

About this actor

[menuPass](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0045) is a threat group that has been active since at least 2006. Individual members of [menuPass](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0045) are known to have acted in association with the Chinese Ministry of State Security's (MSS) Tianjin State Security Bureau and worked for the Huaying Haitai Science and Technology Development Company.(Citation: DOJ APT10 Dec 2018)(Citation: District Court of NY APT10 Indictment December 2018) [menuPass](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0045) has targeted healthcare, defense, aerospace, finance, maritime, biotechnology, energy, and government sectors globally, with an emphasis on Japanese organizations. In 2016 and 2017, the group is known to have targeted managed IT service providers (MSPs), manufacturing and mining companies, and a university.(Citation: Palo Alto menuPass Feb 2017)(Citation: Crowdstrike CrowdCast Oct 2013)(Citation: FireEye Poison Ivy)(Citation: PWC Cloud Hopper April 2017)(Citation: FireEye APT10 April 2017)(Citation: DOJ APT10 Dec 2018)(Citation: District Court of NY APT10 Indictment December 2018)

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

G0045

Microsoftweather-system names

Purple Typhoon

CrowdStrikenation-animal names

Stone Panda

Mandiant / genericAPT numbering

APT10

Secureworkscolour-metal names

BRONZE RIVERSIDE

Palo Alto Unit 42constellation names

Granite Taurus

ProofpointTA threat-actor id

TA429

Unclassifiedno scheme matched

menuPassCicadaPOTASSIUMRed ApolloCVNXHOGFISHMenupass TeamhappyyongziCloud HopperATK41

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 — 65 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-445 / 6569%
CM-641 / 6563%
CM-237 / 6557%
SI-336 / 6555%
AC-329 / 6545%
AC-629 / 6545%
CM-729 / 6545%
AC-227 / 6542%
CA-724 / 6537%
SI-721 / 6532%
AC-520 / 6531%
CM-519 / 6529%
SC-719 / 6529%
IA-218 / 6528%
RA-518 / 6528%

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