Targeting of Mongolian government agencies
Date of report
  • December 2020
Affiliations
The Chinese threat actor Emissary Panda compromised Able Desktop chat software used by over 430 Mongolian government agencies and a national data center. The ShadowPad backdoor, previously attributed to a suspected subset of the Winnti Umbrella, was also used.
Suspected victims
  • Mongolian government agencies and a national data center
Suspected state sponsor
  • China
Type of incident
  • Espionage
Target category
  • Government
Victim government reaction
  • Unknown