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GhostNet is a cyber-espionage operation publicly exposed in 2009 and associated with the use of Gh0st RAT to compromise diplomatic, political, economic, and military targets worldwide. Reporting linked the activity to broad surveillance and document theft against government and sensitive institutional victims across more than 100 countries, including entities connected to the Dalai Lama. The operation is widely believed to have operated from China, although definitive state attribution has remained unresolved in public reporting. GhostNet is best known for remote-access intrusions enabling persistent access, surveillance, and exfiltration from victim systems. Its activity aligns with espionage objectives rather than financial crime or disruptive operations. Public references consistently associate the operation with targeting government, diplomatic, and military-related organizations, and with broader political intelligence collection. The name is sometimes written as GhostNet or ghost_net. GhostNet should be distinguished from later and separate activity clusters such as the Shadow Network, although historical investigations connected the discovery of that later espionage activity to earlier GhostNet research.
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14 distinct techniques observed across reporting, grouped by tactic. Hover any cell for the evidence excerpt; click through for MITRE's full description.
1 malware family attributed to this actor across reporting.
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17 sources tracked across advisories, community write-ups, and news. New activity surfaces here as Mallory finds it.
Cyber-espionage group noted for using Gh0st RAT to target diplomatic, political, economic, and military entities globally.
Cyber-espionage group historically noted for using Gh0st RAT against diplomatic, political, economic, and military targets worldwide.
Named espionage network mentioned in a historical reference; incidental to the main content.
GhostNet appears only in a generic Wikipedia navigation list of hacking groups, without any discussion tying it to the PoisonIvy content.
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