Sandworm

Russian GRU cybermilitary unit, part of Fancy Bear
Organization military_unit Q100605916
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Sandworm

Summary

Sandworm is a military unit[1]. Sandworm ranks in the top 2% of military_unit entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (210 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Sandworm's field of work was psychological operations[3].
  • Sandworm's field of work was cyberwarfare[4].
  • A notable work attributed to Sandworm is 2017 cyberattacks on Ukraine[5].
  • Sandworm is in the country of Russia[6].
  • Sandworm's instance of is recorded as military unit[7].
  • Sandworm's instance of is recorded as threat actor[8].
  • Sandworm is named after Sandworm[9].
  • Sandworm's headquarters location is recorded as Khimki[10].
  • Sandworm's GND ID is recorded as 1294530623[11].
  • Sandworm's part of is recorded as GRU[12].
  • Sandworm's part of is recorded as Fancy Bear[13].
  • Sandworm's described at URL is recorded as https://www.wired.com/story/us-indicts-sandworm-hackers-russia-cyberwar-unit/[14].
  • Sandworm's affiliation is recorded as Unit 26165[15].
  • Sandworm's different from is recorded as Sandworm[16].
  • Sandworm's uses is recorded as Sandworm[17].
  • Sandworm's uses is recorded as Internet leak[18].
  • Sandworm's uses is recorded as BlackEnergy[19].
  • Sandworm's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11qmbrpmty[20].
  • Sandworm's Malpedia ID is recorded as actor/sandworm[21].

Body

Identity

Part of include GRU[12], a military intelligence agency[22], in Russia[23], founded in 1992[24], headquartered in Grizodubovoy Street[25] and Fancy Bear[13], a hacker group[26], in Russia[27], founded in 2004[28].

Operations

Sandworm's headquarters location is recorded as Khimki[10].

Industry

Fields of work include psychological operations[3], a psychological warfare[29], in United States[30] and cyberwarfare[4].

Why It Matters

Sandworm ranks in the top 2% of military_unit entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (210 views/month).[2] Sandworm has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] Sandworm is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . wired.com. wired.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [7] . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] . rferl.org. rferl.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] . cfr.org. cfr.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [5] . wired.com. wired.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . justice.gov. justice.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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