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Datong

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Datong is a threat actor tracked in WhisperGraph's MITRE ATT&CK corpus, observed using 0 techniques.

Description

Datong, formerly known as Sepura, is a UK-based company that has been involved in distributing surveillance technology, including IMSI Catchers, which can intercept mobile phone data. In 2009, Datong attempted to export an IMSI Catcher, branded "Optima," to an unnamed Asian country. The UK government rejected this export, citing human rights concerns. Datong attempted to do this by serving as a distributor to Cellxion, the manufacturer of the IMSI Catcher. Datong was acquired by Seven Technologies Group on May 10, 2013, for $11.4 million. As of July 9, 2013, Datong plc operates as a subsidiary of Seven Technologies Ltd.

Techniques by tactic

No ATT&CK techniques are recorded for Datong in WhisperGraph.

Attributed infrastructure

None published. WhisperGraph carries no ATTRIBUTED_TO edge to Datong today — this states the absence of a published link, not that Datong has no infrastructure.

References

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Related pages

Pivot from Datong into its techniques, tactics and any attributed infrastructure.

Queries

Resolves the slug to this actor, merging every duplicate node sharing the same name.


MATCH (a:ACTOR)
WHERE a.name =~ $pattern OR any(x IN a.aliases WHERE x =~ $pattern)
RETURN a.id AS id, a.name AS name, a.aliases AS aliases, a.description AS description,
       a.references AS references, a.campaigns AS campaigns
LIMIT 25
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Techniques this actor uses, grouped by the tactic each one serves.


MATCH (a:ACTOR {name: $name})-[:USES_TECHNIQUE]->(t:ATTACK_PATTERN)
OPTIONAL MATCH (t)-[:USES_TACTIC]->(tac:ATTACK_PATTERN)
RETURN t.id AS techniqueId, t.name AS techniqueName, tac.id AS tacticId, tac.name AS tacticName
LIMIT 1000
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Infrastructure publicly attributed to this actor.


MATCH (n)-[:ATTRIBUTED_TO]->(a:ACTOR {name: $name})
RETURN labels(n)[0] AS kind, n.name AS name
LIMIT 25
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