{
  "id": "cobalt-group",
  "name": "Cobalt Group",
  "aliases": [
    "GOLD KINGSWOOD",
    "Cobalt Gang",
    "Cobalt Spider"
  ],
  "domain": "cyber",
  "country": "UNK",
  "category": "Cybercriminal group",
  "status": "tracked",
  "fielded": null,
  "operators": [],
  "summary": "Cobalt Group is a financially motivated threat group that has primarily targeted financial institutions since at least 2016. The group has conducted intrusions to steal money via targeting ATM systems, card processing, payment systems and SWIFT systems.",
  "specs": [
    {
      "k": "sponsor",
      "v": "Financially motivated group",
      "src": [
        "mitre-g0080"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "active_since",
      "v": 2016,
      "src": [
        "mitre-g0080"
      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "note": "At least 2016"
    },
    {
      "k": "attack_id",
      "v": "G0080",
      "src": [
        "mitre-g0080"
      ],
      "conf": "high"
    },
    {
      "k": "targets",
      "v": "Cobalt Group is a financially motivated threat group that has primarily targeted financial institutions since at least 2016.",
      "src": [
        "mitre-g0080"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "techniques_count",
      "v": 34,
      "src": [
        "mitre-g0080"
      ],
      "conf": "high",
      "note": "ATT&CK v20.1"
    },
    {
      "k": "software",
      "v": "Cobalt Strike, Mimikatz, More_eggs, PsExec, SDelete, SpicyOmelette",
      "src": [
        "mitre-g0080"
      ],
      "conf": "high",
      "note": "6 malware and tool entries linked in ATT&CK"
    }
  ],
  "payloads": [],
  "variants": [],
  "art": "cyber",
  "image": null,
  "verified": null,
  "notes": "Cobalt Group is a financially motivated threat group that has primarily targeted financial institutions since at least 2016. The group has conducted intrusions to steal money via targeting ATM systems, card processing, payment systems and SWIFT systems. Cobalt Group has mainly targeted banks in Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and Southeast Asia. One of the alleged leaders was arrested in Spain in early 2018, but the group still appears to be active. The group has been known to target organizations in order to use their access to then compromise additional victims. Reporting indicates there may be links between Cobalt Group and both the malware Carbanak and the group Carbanak. 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 G0080)"
    }
  ],
  "url": "https://www.defensepedia.com/systems/cobalt-group.html",
  "sources": {
    "mitre-g0080": {
      "title": "Cobalt Group, Group G0080",
      "publisher": "MITRE ATT&CK",
      "url": "https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0080/",
      "published": "2026-07-31",
      "tier": 2,
      "checked": "2026-11-08"
    }
  }
}