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Contagious InterviewG1052 state

🇰🇵 KP

aka Contagious Interview, DeceptiveDevelopment, Gwisin Gang, Tenacious Pungsan, DEV#POPPER, PurpleBravo, TAG-121, WageMole, Famous Chollima, UNC5267, Nickel Tapestry, Storm-1877, Void Dokkaebi, WaterPlum

Last updated: 2026-08-20

0attributed CVEs
71ATT&CK techniques
0.0IDF score (tooling uniqueness)
0exclusive CVEs
—years active

About this actor

[Contagious Interview](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G1052) is a North Korea–aligned threat group active since 2023. The group conducts both cyberespionage and financially motivated operations, including the theft of cryptocurrency and user credentials. [Contagious Interview](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G1052) targets Windows, Linux, and macOS systems, with a particular focus on individuals engaged in software development and cryptocurrency-related activities. (Citation: Validin Contagious Interview North Korea ClickFix January 2025)(Citation: Esentire ContagiousInterview BeaverTail InvisibleFerret November 2024)(Citation: Datadog Contagious Interview Tenacious Pungsan October 2024)(Citation: Recorded Future Contagious Inteview BeaverTail InvisibleFerret OtterCookie February 2025)(Citation: ESET Contagious Interview BeaverTail InvisibleFerret February 2025)(Citation: Zscaler ContagiousInterview BeaverTail InvisibleFerret November 2024)(Citation: PaloAlto ContagiousInterview BeaverTail InvisibleFerret November 2023)(Citation: PaloAlto Unit42 ContagiousInterview BeaverTail InvisibileFerret October 2024)

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

G1052

Microsoftweather-system names

Storm-1877

CrowdStrikenation-animal names

Famous Chollima

MandiantUNC uncategorised cluster

UNC5267

Secureworkscolour-metal names

Nickel Tapestry

Recorded FutureTAG id

TAG-121

Unclassifiedno scheme matched

Contagious InterviewDeceptiveDevelopmentGwisin GangTenacious PungsanDEV#POPPERPurpleBravoWageMoleVoid DokkaebiWaterPlum

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 — 71 ATT&CK techniques on file.
Named victims
None on file.

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Activity timeline

No activity events recorded.

Profile

CVERiskCVSSEPSSPublishedProducts
No attributed CVEs.

Mitigating controls (NIST 800-53)

ControlTechniques coveredCoverage
SI-432 / 7145%
SI-331 / 7144%
CM-228 / 7139%
CM-628 / 7139%
CA-727 / 7138%
AC-322 / 7131%
AC-621 / 7130%
CM-719 / 7127%
AC-218 / 7125%
AC-417 / 7124%
SC-717 / 7124%
SI-717 / 7124%
SI-1014 / 7120%
AC-1710 / 7114%
SI-210 / 7114%

Co-occurring actors

None.

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