Threat actor
Kazu
Last fetched
Kazu is a threat actor tracked in WhisperGraph's MITRE ATT&CK corpus, observed using 0 techniques.
Description
Kazu is a financially motivated ransomware group known for employing a double extortion model, targeting sectors such as healthcare and government. The group has claimed responsibility for multiple high-profile breaches, including those of Manage My Health and the Defensoría del Pueblo de Colombia, exfiltrating sensitive data through techniques like exploiting unpatched vulnerabilities and credential reuse. Kazu has demanded ransoms ranging from $60,000 to $500,000, threatening public disclosure of stolen data if payments are not made. Their operations have primarily focused on entities in Latin America, Asia, and the Middle East, with a notable presence on dark web leak sites.
Techniques by tactic
No ATT&CK techniques are recorded for Kazu in WhisperGraph.
Attributed infrastructure
None published. WhisperGraph carries no ATTRIBUTED_TO edge to Kazu today — this states the absence of a published link, not that Kazu has no infrastructure.
References
- https://www.cyfirma.com/research/cyber-threat-landscape-report-united-arab-emirates-uae/
- https://botcrawl.com/national-civil-service-commission-of-colombia-data-breach/
- https://www.hipaajournal.com/doctor-alliance-data-breach-claim/
- https://databreaches.net/2025/11/18/from-bad-to-worse-doctor-alliance-hacked-again-by-same-threat-actor/
- https://botcrawl.com/saudi-icon-data-breach/
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Related pages
Pivot from Kazu 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 25Techniques 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 1000Infrastructure publicly attributed to this actor.
MATCH (n)-[:ATTRIBUTED_TO]->(a:ACTOR {name: $name})
RETURN labels(n)[0] AS kind, n.name AS name
LIMIT 25Or query Whisper from your own LLM workflow via the Whisper MCP server.