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Sandworm threat group

Sandworm is an espionage group thought to operate from Russia, with suspected state backing. Public reporting links it to attacks on private sector and government organisations, with 11 countries and victims named. This free profile brings together what is known about it, so you can judge the risk to you.

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Attack techniques
0
Countries and victims named
11
Thought to operate from
Russia
Suspected backing
Russia
Motive
Espionage
Other names
14
Built from public reporting, with every source listed below.
Overview

Who is Sandworm?

Sandworm has 14 other names in security research. Below is what published reporting says about it, with a link to every report so you can check the detail yourself.

Also known as

QuedaghVOODOO BEARTEMP.NobleIRON VIKINGG0034ELECTRUMTeleBotsIRIDIUMBlue EchidnaFROZENBARENTSUAC-0113Seashell Blizzard

Security companies each give the same group their own name, so one group can have many.

What public reporting says

This threat actor targets industrial control systems, using a tool called Black Energy, associated with electricity and power generation for espionage, denial of service, and data destruction purposes. Some believe that the threat actor is linked to the 2015 compromise of the Ukrainian electrical grid and a distributed denial of service prior to the Russian invasion of Georgia. Believed to be responsible for the 2008 DDoS attacks in Georgia and the 2015 Ukraine power grid outage

Public reports about Sandworm (24)

Targets

Who does Sandworm go after?

The sectors and places named in public reporting about this group. If yours is on the list, it is worth knowing how they work and which flaws they use.

Sectors (2)

Private sectorGovernment
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Countries and victims named (11)

  1. 01Russia
  2. 02Lithuania
  3. 03Kyrgyzstan
  4. 04Israel
  5. 05Ukraine
  6. 06Belarus
  7. 07Kazakhstan
  8. 08Georgia
  9. 09Poland
  10. 10Azerbaijan
  11. 11Iran
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Sandworm is an espionage group thought to operate from Russia, with suspected state backing. Public reporting links it to attacks on private sector and government organisations, with 11 countries and victims named.

Public reporting places Sandworm as operating from Russia, with suspected state backing. Attribution is never certain: it rests on the tools, infrastructure and targets researchers have seen.

In public reporting, sectors named include private sector and government, and 11 countries and victims are named, including Russia, Lithuania, Kyrgyzstan and Israel.

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