{
  "id": "apt41",
  "name": "APT41",
  "aliases": [
    "Wicked Panda",
    "Brass Typhoon",
    "BARIUM"
  ],
  "domain": "cyber",
  "country": "CHN",
  "category": "State-sponsored cyber threat group",
  "status": "active",
  "fielded": null,
  "operators": [
    "CHN"
  ],
  "summary": "Chinese state-sponsored espionage group that also conducts financially motivated operations; partially overlaps with reported BARIUM and Winnti Group activity.",
  "specs": [
    {
      "k": "sponsor",
      "v": "Assessed Chinese state-sponsored group",
      "src": [
        "mitre-g0096"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "active_since",
      "v": 2012,
      "src": [
        "mitre-g0096"
      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "note": "At least 2012"
    },
    {
      "k": "attack_id",
      "v": "G0096",
      "src": [
        "mitre-g0096"
      ],
      "conf": "high"
    },
    {
      "k": "targets",
      "v": "Healthcare, telecom, technology, finance, education, retail and video game sectors in 14 countries",
      "src": [
        "mitre-g0096"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "campaigns",
      "v": "APT41 DUST (C0040, 2023–2024); campaign C0017 (2021–2022)",
      "src": [
        "mitre-g0096"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    }
  ],
  "payloads": [],
  "variants": [],
  "art": "cyber",
  "image": null,
  "verified": null,
  "changelog": [
    {
      "date": "2026-10-05",
      "change": "Entry created from MITRE ATT&CK (group page version 4.2)"
    }
  ],
  "url": "https://www.defensepedia.com/systems/apt41.html",
  "sources": {
    "mitre-g0096": {
      "title": "APT41, Group G0096",
      "publisher": "MITRE ATT&CK",
      "url": "https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0096/",
      "published": "2026-07-31",
      "tier": 2,
      "checked": "2026-10-05"
    }
  }
}