ICIT Brief – China’s Espionage Dynasty: Economic Death by a
Thousand Cuts
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The criminal culture of theft that has been injected into virtually every line of China’s 13th Five-Year Plan is
unprecedented. From state sponsored smash and grab hacking and techno-pilfering, to corporate espionage and
targeted theft of IP, never before in recorded history has IP transfer occurred at such a rapid velocity.
In this report, entitled “China’s Espionage Dynasty: Economic Death by a Thousand Cuts,” ICIT offers a
comprehensive analysis of the primary structure of Chinese espionage initiatives and discuss the layers of
espionage and theft as well as the malicious actors who carry out these overt and covert attacks on Western
industry.  Specifically, this report discusses:
China’s Thirteenth Five-Year Plan
Economic Impact of Intellectual Property Theft
The Structure of Chinese Espionage
Covert Spy Structure
Joint Staff Department
Second Department
Third Department
Fourth Department
State-Sponsored APTs
PLA Unit 61398/ APT 1/ Comment Panda/ Comment Crew/ TG-8223
PLA Unit 61486/ APT2/ Putter Panda/ TG-6952
Deep Panda/ APT 19/ Shell Crew/ Black Vine/ Kung Fu Kitten
PLA Unit 78020/ APT 30/ Naikon
Axiom/ Winnti Group
Hurricane Panda
Gothic Panda/ APT 3/ UPS/ Pirpi/ Clandestine Fox/ TG-0110
NetTraveler/ Travnet/ Netfile
Mirage/APT 15/ Vixen Panda/ Ke3Chang/ GREF/ Playful Dragon
Hellsing/ Goblin Panda
Stone Panda
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Nightshade Panda
Anchor Panda
Numbered Panda/ APT 12/ IXESHE/ DYNCALC/ JOY RAT/ Etumbot
Hidden Lynx / Aurora
Overt Spy Structure
United Front Department
Overseas Chinese Affairs Office
Consulates and Embassies
Tongs and Hometown Associations
Triads and Street Gangs
Chinese Student and Scholars Associations
Academic Solicitation
Front Companies
Insider Threats
Monitored Communities
ICIT will host a briefing on this publication in Washington D.C. July 28, 2016:  click here for more details and to
register
This report was authored by James Scott (Sr. Fellow, ICIT) and Drew Spaniel (Researcher, ICIT).
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