Deep Panda
Essential information
- Confidence
- 100/100
- Published
- 16/12/2025 19:39
- Modified
- 27/03/2026 01:14
- Updated at
- 27/03/2026 01:14
- Revoked
- No
- Author / Source
- The MITRE Corporation
- Resource level
- —
- Primary motivation
- —
- Related entities
- 10 attack patterns (mitre), 4 malware, 3 tool
Aliases
Shell Crew WebMasters KungFu Kittens PinkPanther Black Vine
Description
[Deep Panda](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0009) is a suspected Chinese threat group known to target many industries, including government, defense, financial, and telecommunications. (Citation: Alperovitch 2014) The intrusion into healthcare company Anthem has been attributed to [Deep Panda](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0009). (Citation: ThreatConnect Anthem) This group is also known as Shell Crew, WebMasters, KungFu Kittens, and PinkPanther. (Citation: RSA Shell Crew) [Deep Panda](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0009) also appears to be known as Black Vine based on the attribution of both group names to the Anthem intrusion. (Citation: Symantec Black Vine) Some analysts track [Deep Panda](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0009) and [APT19](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0073) as the same group, but it is unclear from open source information if the groups are the same. (Citation: ICIT China's Espionage Jul 2016)
Marking (TLP)
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