{
  "id": "deep-panda",
  "name": "Deep Panda",
  "aliases": [
    "Shell Crew",
    "WebMasters",
    "KungFu Kittens",
    "PinkPanther",
    "Black Vine"
  ],
  "domain": "cyber",
  "country": "CHN",
  "category": "Suspected state-linked cyber threat group",
  "status": "tracked",
  "fielded": null,
  "operators": [
    "CHN"
  ],
  "summary": "Deep Panda is a suspected Chinese threat group known to target many industries, including government, defense, financial, and telecommunications. The intrusion into healthcare company Anthem has been attributed to Deep Panda.",
  "specs": [
    {
      "k": "sponsor",
      "v": "Suspected Chinese group",
      "src": [
        "mitre-g0009"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "attack_id",
      "v": "G0009",
      "src": [
        "mitre-g0009"
      ],
      "conf": "high"
    },
    {
      "k": "targets",
      "v": "Deep Panda is a suspected Chinese threat group known to target many industries, including government, defense, financial, and telecommunications.",
      "src": [
        "mitre-g0009"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "techniques_count",
      "v": 10,
      "src": [
        "mitre-g0009"
      ],
      "conf": "high",
      "note": "ATT&CK v20.1"
    },
    {
      "k": "software",
      "v": "Derusbi, Mivast, Net, Ping, Sakula, StreamEx, Tasklist",
      "src": [
        "mitre-g0009"
      ],
      "conf": "high",
      "note": "7 malware and tool entries linked in ATT&CK"
    }
  ],
  "payloads": [],
  "variants": [],
  "art": "cyber",
  "image": null,
  "verified": null,
  "notes": "Deep Panda is a suspected Chinese threat group known to target many industries, including government, defense, financial, and telecommunications. The intrusion into healthcare company Anthem has been attributed to Deep Panda. This group is also known as Shell Crew, WebMasters, KungFu Kittens, and PinkPanther. Deep Panda also appears to be known as Black Vine based on the attribution of both group names to the Anthem intrusion. Some analysts track Deep Panda and APT19 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 G0009)"
    }
  ],
  "url": "https://www.defensepedia.com/systems/deep-panda.html",
  "sources": {
    "mitre-g0009": {
      "title": "Deep Panda, Group G0009",
      "publisher": "MITRE ATT&CK",
      "url": "https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0009/",
      "published": "2026-07-31",
      "tier": 2,
      "checked": "2026-11-08"
    }
  }
}