Leviathan G0065
Also known as MUDCARP, Kryptonite Panda, Gadolinium, BRONZE MOHAWK, TEMP.Jumper, APT40.
Leviathan is a Chinese state-sponsored cyber espionage group that has been attributed to the Ministry of State Security's (MSS) Hainan State Security Department and an affiliated front company. Active since at least 2009, Leviathan has targeted the following sectors: academia, aerospace/aviation, biomedical, defense industrial base, government, healthcare, manufacturing, maritime, and transportation across the US, Canada, Australia, Europe, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia.
Documented targeting: Healthcare, Government, Defense, Manufacturing, Education & Research, Transportation & Logistics, Aerospace
Methodology
Relevance is a match on your industry sector and technology stack against the MITRE ATT&CK v19.1 group graph (174 groups, 821 software families, 56 campaigns). It is computed deterministically from that data, with no language model in the request path. It is a relevance match, not threat-intelligence probability data: it tells you which documented actors and techniques are worth emulating for an org like yours, not a forecast that any specific group will act.
TurboPentest can autonomously exercise 7 of 70 of this actor's documented techniques today (10%). 21 are out of scope for automated testing (social engineering, denial of service, physical).
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These counts are computed from the vendored MITRE ATT&CK graph and the published coverage map, and are reproducible from source.
In-scope techniques to emphasize
Known software
Windows Credential Editor, China Chopper, Derusbi, gh0st RAT, Net, BLACKCOFFEE, at, Cobalt Strike, Tor, BITSAdmin, PowerSploit, NanHaiShu, Orz, HOMEFRY, MURKYTOP, Empire, BADFLICK.
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Launch this pentestFrequently asked questions
Who is Leviathan (G0065)?
Leviathan is a Chinese state-sponsored cyber espionage group that has been attributed to the Ministry of State Security's (MSS) Hainan State Security Department and an affiliated front company. Active since at least 2009, Leviathan has targeted the following sectors: academia, aerospace/aviation, biomedical, defense industrial base, government, healthcare, manufacturing, maritime, and transportation across the US, Canada, Australia, Europe, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia.
What sectors does Leviathan target?
Based on MITRE ATT&CK, Leviathan has been observed targeting Healthcare, Government, Defense, Manufacturing, Education & Research, Transportation & Logistics, Aerospace.
Can TurboPentest test for Leviathan?
TurboPentest can autonomously exercise 7 of 70 of this actor's documented techniques today. 36 more need internal or assumed-breach access (the Adversarial-Depth tier), and the rest are out of scope for automated testing.
What does it cost to emulate Leviathan?
An Audit-Ready pentest starts at $99 per target. If it surfaces zero actionable findings, your next pentest is free.
Reviewed by
Michel Chamberland, Founder & CEO of IntegSec. CISSP, OSCP, OSCE, with 20+ years in offensive security, alumni of IBM X-Force Red and Trustwave SpiderLabs.
Last reviewed July 30, 2026.