Famous Chollima
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Formerly tracked by CrowdStrike Intelligence as the BadClone activity cluster, FAMOUS CHOLLIMA has been active since at least 2018. The adversary primarily conducts operations to illicitly obtain freelance or full-time equivalent (FTE) work to earn a salary that can be funneled to North Korea. The adversary has also deployed the custom malware families BeaverTail and InvisibleFerret as well as rem...
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Famous Chollima
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North Korea, East Asia, Asia
Community Identifiers
PurpleBravo, Contagious Interview, Storm-1877, NICKEL TAPESTRY, Void Dokkaebi, PurpleDelta, UNC5342, Wagemole, UNC5267, Tenacious Pungsan, Gwisin Gang
Objective
Financial Gain
Motivation
State-Sponsored
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