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Chinese state-sponsored hacking group (unnamed)

Also known asChinese state-sponsored hacking group (unnamed)
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Associated malware families

1 malware family attributed to this actor across reporting.

FamilyContextEvidenceLast seen
COATHANGER"a previously unknown malware strain named Coathanger, a remote access trojan (RAT) designed to infect Fortigate network security appliances"1Mar 18, 2026
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Associated vulnerabilities

1 CVE this actor has used in observed campaigns. 1 of them exploited in the wild.

CVE-2022-42475FortiOS/FortiProxy SSL-VPN Heap-Based Buffer Overflow RCEIn the wildEvidence1

The Chinese hackers deployed the Coathanger malware for cyber espionage purposes on vulnerable FortiGate firewalls they compromised by exploiting the CVE-2022-42475 FortiOS SSL-VPN vulnerability. CVE-2022-42475 was also exploited as a zero-day in attacks targeting government organizations and related targets, as Fortinet disclosed in January 2023.

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Exploited CVEs1

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