SAMURAI PANDA
Aliases: PLA Navy, Wisp Team
- Origin
- CN
- Primary motivation
- espionage
- Sophistication
- advanced
- Resource level
- government
- Actor type
- Espionage
- Profile updated
- 2026-07-07 11:49:12
Targeted industries: defense-and-aerospace government-and-public-sector technology-and-telecommunications
Targeted regions: country_code:us country_code:jp country_code:au
Context
SAMURAI PANDA, also known as PLA Navy and Wisp Team, is a Chinese nation-state threat actor linked to cyber espionage activities targeting defense, government, and tech sectors. Known for its advanced capabilities, it primarily focuses on Asia-Pacific and Western countries for intelligence gathering.
Related threat objects
- APT18 (threat-actor)
Reports & references
- CrowdStrike — Whois Samurai Panda (report)