Tomato Tempest

Aliases: SPURR, Vatet

First seen
2019-04-15 00:00:00
Primary motivation
espionage
Sophistication
advanced
Actor type
nation-state
Profile updated
2026-07-07 12:29:25

Targeted industries: government-and-public-sector technology-and-telecommunications financial-services

Targeted regions: country_code:us country_code:cn

Context

Tomato Tempest, also known as SPURR and Vatet, is a highly sophisticated nation-state threat actor group known for cyber-espionage activities targeting government, technology, and financial sectors primarily in the United States and China.

Reports & references

  • Microsoft — Microsoft Threat Actor Naming (report)

External references