{
  "id": "polonium",
  "name": "POLONIUM",
  "aliases": [
    "Plaid Rain"
  ],
  "domain": "cyber",
  "country": "LBN",
  "category": "Suspected state-linked cyber threat group",
  "status": "tracked",
  "fielded": null,
  "operators": [
    "LBN"
  ],
  "summary": "POLONIUM is a Lebanon-based group that has primarily targeted Israeli organizations, including critical manufacturing, information technology, and defense industry companies, since at least February 2022. Security researchers assess POLONIUM has coordinated their operations with multiple actors affiliated with Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS), based on victim overlap as well as common techniques and tooling.",
  "specs": [
    {
      "k": "sponsor",
      "v": "Lebanon-based",
      "src": [
        "mitre-g1005"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "active_since",
      "v": 2022,
      "src": [
        "mitre-g1005"
      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "note": "At least 2022"
    },
    {
      "k": "attack_id",
      "v": "G1005",
      "src": [
        "mitre-g1005"
      ],
      "conf": "high"
    },
    {
      "k": "targets",
      "v": "POLONIUM is a Lebanon-based group that has primarily targeted Israeli organizations, including critical manufacturing, information technology, and defense industry companies, since at least February 2022.",
      "src": [
        "mitre-g1005"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "techniques_count",
      "v": 7,
      "src": [
        "mitre-g1005"
      ],
      "conf": "high",
      "note": "ATT&CK v20.1"
    },
    {
      "k": "software",
      "v": "CreepyDrive, CreepySnail",
      "src": [
        "mitre-g1005"
      ],
      "conf": "high",
      "note": "2 malware and tool entries linked in ATT&CK"
    }
  ],
  "payloads": [],
  "variants": [],
  "art": "cyber",
  "image": null,
  "verified": null,
  "notes": "POLONIUM is a Lebanon-based group that has primarily targeted Israeli organizations, including critical manufacturing, information technology, and defense industry companies, since at least February 2022. Security researchers assess POLONIUM has coordinated their operations with multiple actors affiliated with Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS), based on victim overlap as well as common techniques and tooling. 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 G1005)"
    }
  ],
  "url": "https://www.defensepedia.com/systems/polonium.html",
  "sources": {
    "mitre-g1005": {
      "title": "POLONIUM, Group G1005",
      "publisher": "MITRE ATT&CK",
      "url": "https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G1005/",
      "published": "2026-07-31",
      "tier": 2,
      "checked": "2026-11-08"
    }
  }
}