HOMETHREATSCurious Gorge
APT / THREAT GROUP🕵️ ESPIONAGE

Curious Gorge

🇨🇳China-attributed
1
campaigns
2
aliases
Last seen:Mar 17, 2026

Intelligence Profile

Curious Gorge, a group TAG attributes to China's PLA SSF, has conducted campaigns against government and military organizations in Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan, and Mongolia. The actor has remained active against government, military, logistics and manufacturing organizations in Ukraine, Russia and Central Asia. In Russia, long running campaigns against multiple government organizations have continued, including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Over the past week, TAG identified additional compromises impacting multiple Russian defense contractors and manufacturers and a Russian logistics company.

Threat Analysis

Curious Gorge is a known-sophistication threat actor attributed to China, engaged in cyber operations with a primary motivation of espionage.

The group's espionage-oriented operations suggest a state-sponsored or state-aligned mandate, typically focused on stealing intellectual property, government secrets, or military intelligence. Targets are usually selected for strategic value rather than financial gain.

Known Campaigns

Curious Gorge — Active Operations March 2026

Curious Gorge is a unknown-motivation threat actor attributed to China. Curious Gorge, a group TAG attributes to China's PLA SSF, has conducted campaigns against government and military organizations in Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan, and Mongolia. The actor has remained active against government, military, logistics and manufacturing organizations in U...

ACTIVEMEDIUM2026

External References

Quick Facts

TypeAPT / Threat Group
Motivation🕵️ espionage
Origin🇨🇳 China
Aliases2
SourceMalpedia

Also Known As

Curious GorgeUNC3742

Research Links

Data sourced from Malpedia, Ransomware.live, RansomLook, and CTIWATCH OSINT collection. Actor attribution is based on available intelligence and may be incomplete.