Chen
Attribution profile
- Type
- Criminal
- Location
- China
- Known incidents
- 1 incident
- Sources
- 0 sources
- First seen
- 2014-03-01
- Last seen
- 2014-03-01
- Updated
- 2026-10-14 04:34
- Aliases
- 2 aliases
STIX characteristics
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Profile narrative
The threat actor known by the aliases Zhang and Chen is located in China. Their documented activity involved exploiting a website vulnerability at a college in Shanghai’s Songjiang District to alter physical‑education scores for financial gain, charging peers 15–20 yuan per unauthorized change and accumulating roughly 80,000 yuan before the school detected the manipulation, remediated the flaw, and involved law enforcement, leading to the suspects’ arrest. No malware families, specific initial‑access vectors, or tooling styles are described in the public report; the activity is characterized as a web‑application hack rather than a malware‑driven campaign. Attribution points to individuals acting for personal profit, with no indicated state sponsorship or affiliation with a criminal consortium. The 2014 grade‑altering incident represents the sole publicly reported operation associated with these aliases.
Incidents
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1 incidentSources
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