Fancy Bear

Summary

Fancy Bear is a hacker group^[1]. It draws 239 Wikipedia views per month (hacker_group category, ranking #7 of 33).^[2]

Key Facts

• Fancy Bear's field of work was cyberwarfare^[3].
• Fancy Bear's field of work was cyber espionage^[4].
• Fancy Bear is in the country of Russia^[5].
• Fancy Bear's instance of is recorded as hacker group^[6].
• Fancy is named after Fancy Bear^[7].
• pawn storm is named after Fancy Bear^[8].
• Fancy Bear's subclass of is recorded as advanced persistent threat^[9].
• Fancy Bear's child organization or unit is recorded as DC Leaks^[10].
• Fancy Bear's part of is recorded as GRU^[11].
• Fancy Bear's has part is recorded as Unit 26165^[12].
• Fancy Bear's has part is recorded as Sandworm^[13].
• Fancy Bear's target is recorded as 2016 United States presidential election^[14].
• Fancy Bear's target is recorded as Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons^[15].
• Fancy Bear's target is recorded as 2015 Bundestag cyberattack^[16].
• +2004-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Fancy Bear^[17].
• Fancy Bear's parent organization or unit is recorded as GRU^[18].
• Fancy Bear's described at URL is recorded as https://www.fireeye.com/current-threats/apt-groups/rpt-apt28.html^[19].
• Fancy Bear's nickname is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Fancy Bear'}^[20].
• Fancy Bear's nickname is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Pawn Storm'}^[21].
• Fancy Bear's nickname is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Sed-nit'}^[22].
• Fancy Bear's nickname is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Tsar Team'}^[23].
• Fancy Bear's nickname is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Strontium'}^[24].
• Fancy Bear's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Unit 26165'}^[25].
• Fancy Bear's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11b7xlbf5y^[26].
• Fancy Bear's Mitre ATT&CK ID is recorded as groups/G0007^[27].

Body

Founding

+2004-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Fancy Bear^[17].

Identity

Fancy Bear's part of is recorded as GRU^[11].

Operations

Fancy Bear's parent organization or unit is recorded as GRU^[18]. Its child organization or unit is recorded as DC Leaks^[10].

Industry

Fields of work include cyberwarfare^[3] and cyber espionage^[4].

Why It Matters

Fancy Bear draws 239 Wikipedia views per month (hacker_group category, ranking #7 of 33).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]