{
  "id": "apt19",
  "name": "APT19",
  "aliases": [
    "Codoso",
    "C0d0so0",
    "Codoso Team",
    "Sunshop Group"
  ],
  "domain": "cyber",
  "country": "CHN",
  "category": "Suspected state-linked cyber threat group",
  "status": "tracked",
  "fielded": null,
  "operators": [
    "CHN"
  ],
  "summary": "APT19 is a Chinese-based threat group that has targeted a variety of industries, including defense, finance, energy, pharmaceutical, telecommunications, high tech, education, manufacturing, and legal services. In 2017, a phishing campaign was used to target seven law and investment firms.",
  "specs": [
    {
      "k": "sponsor",
      "v": "China-based",
      "src": [
        "mitre-g0073"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "attack_id",
      "v": "G0073",
      "src": [
        "mitre-g0073"
      ],
      "conf": "high"
    },
    {
      "k": "targets",
      "v": "APT19 is a Chinese-based threat group that has targeted a variety of industries, including defense, finance, energy, pharmaceutical, telecommunications, high tech, education, manufacturing, and legal services.",
      "src": [
        "mitre-g0073"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "techniques_count",
      "v": 21,
      "src": [
        "mitre-g0073"
      ],
      "conf": "high",
      "note": "ATT&CK v20.1"
    },
    {
      "k": "software",
      "v": "Cobalt Strike, Empire",
      "src": [
        "mitre-g0073"
      ],
      "conf": "high",
      "note": "2 malware and tool entries linked in ATT&CK"
    }
  ],
  "payloads": [],
  "variants": [],
  "art": "cyber",
  "image": null,
  "verified": null,
  "notes": "APT19 is a Chinese-based threat group that has targeted a variety of industries, including defense, finance, energy, pharmaceutical, telecommunications, high tech, education, manufacturing, and legal services. In 2017, a phishing campaign was used to target seven law and investment firms. Some analysts track APT19 and Deep Panda as the same group, but it is unclear from open source information if the groups are the same. Description adapted from MITRE ATT&CK®, © The MITRE Corporation, used under the ATT&CK Terms of Use.",
  "changelog": [
    {
      "date": "2026-11-08",
      "change": "Entry created from MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v20.1 (group G0073)"
    }
  ],
  "url": "https://www.defensepedia.com/systems/apt19.html",
  "sources": {
    "mitre-g0073": {
      "title": "APT19, Group G0073",
      "publisher": "MITRE ATT&CK",
      "url": "https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0073/",
      "published": "2026-07-31",
      "tier": 2,
      "checked": "2026-11-08"
    }
  }
}