HenBox
- First seen
- 2015-03-01 00:00:00
- Origin
- CN
- Primary motivation
- espionage
- Sophistication
- intermediate
- Resource level
- government
- Actor type
- Espionage
- Profile updated
- 2026-07-07 11:55:15
Targeted industries: technology-and-telecommunications government-and-public-sector
Targeted regions: country_code:cn
Context
This threat actor targets Uighurs—a minority ethnic group located primarily in northwestern China—and devices from Chinese mobile phone manufacturer Xiaomi, for espionage purposes.
Reports & references
- cfr.org — Henbox (report)