threat actor
TA419
According to Proofpoint, TA419 is a China-aligned, espionage-motivated threat actor conducting regular targeted credential phishing campaigns against individuals at US- and Japan-based think tanks, defense contractors, universities and law firms since at least April 2025. In 2026 it impersonated real subject-matter experts, including a former White House OSTP official and a senior Anthropic employee, to target AI policy experts. Benign rapport-building emails are followed by multi-stage URL redi
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- threat actor
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- misp-galaxy d7140683-7af8-41c6-8938-18a69bb809e3via misp-galaxy-threat-actor
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