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Anthropoid Spider

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ANTHROPOID SPIDER, referred to publicly as EmpireMonkey, is a criminal organization that focuses on the theft of funds and financial information specifically targeting organizations in the financial sector.  CrowdStrike Intelligence has been able to identify that ANTHROPOID SPIDER has been active since at least mid-October 2018. However, ANTHROPOID SPIDER first made headlines after successfully br...

  • Anthropoid Spider

  • eCrime

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EmpireMonkey

Objective

Financial Gain

Motivation

Criminal

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