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Class: ThreatActor

_Threat Actors are actual individuals, groups, or organizations believed to be operating with malicious intent. _

URI: attack:ThreatActor

 classDiagram
    class ThreatActor
    click ThreatActor href "../ThreatActor/"
      StixDomainObject <|-- ThreatActor
        click StixDomainObject href "../StixDomainObject/"

      ThreatActor : aliases

      ThreatActor : confidence

      ThreatActor : created

      ThreatActor : created_by_ref

      ThreatActor : description

      ThreatActor : extensions

      ThreatActor : external_references





        ThreatActor --> "*" ExternalReference : external_references
        click ExternalReference href "../ExternalReference/"



      ThreatActor : first_seen

      ThreatActor : goals

      ThreatActor : granular_markings





        ThreatActor --> "*" GranularMarking : granular_markings
        click GranularMarking href "../GranularMarking/"



      ThreatActor : id

      ThreatActor : labels

      ThreatActor : lang

      ThreatActor : last_seen

      ThreatActor : modified

      ThreatActor : name

      ThreatActor : object_marking_refs

      ThreatActor : personal_motivations

      ThreatActor : primary_motivation

      ThreatActor : resource_level

      ThreatActor : revoked

      ThreatActor : roles

      ThreatActor : secondary_motivations

      ThreatActor : sophistication

      ThreatActor : spec_version





        ThreatActor --> "1" SpecVersionEnum : spec_version
        click SpecVersionEnum href "../SpecVersionEnum/"



      ThreatActor : threat_actor_types

      ThreatActor : type

Inheritance

Slots

Name Cardinality and Range Description Inheritance
threat_actor_types *
String or 
ThreatActorTypeOv		 Open-vocabulary threat actor categories direct
aliases *
String		 Alternative names for the object direct
roles *
ThreatActorRoleOv or 
String		 Open-vocabulary threat actor roles direct
goals *
String		 Threat actor goals direct
first_seen 0..1
Datetime		 First time observed direct
last_seen 0..1
Datetime		 Last time observed direct
sophistication 0..1
ThreatActorSophisticationOv or 
String		 Threat actor sophistication level direct
resource_level 0..1
AttackResourceLevelOv or 
String		 Threat actor resource level (attack-resource-level-ov) direct
primary_motivation 0..1
AttackMotivationOv or 
String		 Primary motivation (attack-motivation-ov) direct
secondary_motivations *
AttackMotivationOv or 
String		 Secondary motivations (attack-motivation-ov) direct
personal_motivations *
AttackMotivationOv or 
String		 Personal motivations of the threat actor (attack-motivation-ov) direct
type 1
StixTypeName		 STIX object type Core, StixEntity
spec_version 1
SpecVersionEnum		 STIX specification version Core
id 1
StixIdentifier		 STIX object identifier Core, StixEntity
created 1
Datetime		 Creation timestamp Core
modified 1
Datetime		 Modification timestamp Core
created_by_ref 0..1
StixIdentifier		 ID of the object that created this object Core
labels *
String		 Terms used to describe this object Core
revoked 0..1
Boolean		 Indicates whether this object has been revoked Core
confidence 0..1
Integer		 Confidence that the producer has in this data Core
lang 0..1
String		 Language of textual properties Core
external_references *
ExternalReference		 External references to non-STIX information Core
object_marking_refs *
StixIdentifier		 Marking definition references applied to this object Core
granular_markings *
GranularMarking		 Granular markings that apply to selected content Core
extensions *
String		 Open-ended extension payloads Core
name 1
String		 Human-readable name StixEntity
description 0..1
String		 Human-readable description StixEntity

In Subsets

Comments

  • jsonschema_source: https://github.com/oasis-open/cti-stix2-json-schemas/tree/master/schemas/sdos/threat-actor.json

Identifier and Mapping Information

Schema Source

  • from schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/attack

Mappings

Mapping Type Mapped Value
self attack:ThreatActor
native attack:ThreatActor
narrow unified_cyber_ontology:Identity

LinkML Source

Direct

name: ThreatActor
description: 'Threat Actors are actual individuals, groups, or organizations believed
  to be operating with malicious intent. '
comments:
- 'jsonschema_source: https://github.com/oasis-open/cti-stix2-json-schemas/tree/master/schemas/sdos/threat-actor.json'
in_subset:
- sdos
from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/attack
narrow_mappings:
- unified_cyber_ontology:Identity
is_a: StixDomainObject
slots:
- threat_actor_types
- aliases
- roles
- goals
- first_seen
- last_seen
- sophistication
- resource_level
- primary_motivation
- secondary_motivations
- personal_motivations
slot_usage:
  id:
    name: id
    pattern: ^threat-actor--[0-9a-fA-F]{8}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[1-5][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[89abAB][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[0-9a-fA-F]{12}$
  type:
    name: type
    pattern: ^threat-actor$
  name:
    name: name
    required: true
  threat_actor_types:
    name: threat_actor_types
    comments:
    - 'jsonschema_minItems: "1"'
  aliases:
    name: aliases
    comments:
    - 'jsonschema_minItems: "1"'
  roles:
    name: roles
    comments:
    - 'jsonschema_minItems: "1"'
  goals:
    name: goals
    comments:
    - 'jsonschema_minItems: "1"'
  secondary_motivations:
    name: secondary_motivations
    comments:
    - 'jsonschema_minItems: "1"'
  personal_motivations:
    name: personal_motivations
    comments:
    - 'jsonschema_minItems: "1"'

Induced

name: ThreatActor
description: 'Threat Actors are actual individuals, groups, or organizations believed
  to be operating with malicious intent. '
comments:
- 'jsonschema_source: https://github.com/oasis-open/cti-stix2-json-schemas/tree/master/schemas/sdos/threat-actor.json'
in_subset:
- sdos
from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/attack
narrow_mappings:
- unified_cyber_ontology:Identity
is_a: StixDomainObject
slot_usage:
  id:
    name: id
    pattern: ^threat-actor--[0-9a-fA-F]{8}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[1-5][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[89abAB][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[0-9a-fA-F]{12}$
  type:
    name: type
    pattern: ^threat-actor$
  name:
    name: name
    required: true
  threat_actor_types:
    name: threat_actor_types
    comments:
    - 'jsonschema_minItems: "1"'
  aliases:
    name: aliases
    comments:
    - 'jsonschema_minItems: "1"'
  roles:
    name: roles
    comments:
    - 'jsonschema_minItems: "1"'
  goals:
    name: goals
    comments:
    - 'jsonschema_minItems: "1"'
  secondary_motivations:
    name: secondary_motivations
    comments:
    - 'jsonschema_minItems: "1"'
  personal_motivations:
    name: personal_motivations
    comments:
    - 'jsonschema_minItems: "1"'
attributes:
  threat_actor_types:
    name: threat_actor_types
    description: Open-vocabulary threat actor categories.
    comments:
    - 'jsonschema_minItems: "1"'
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/attack
    related_mappings:
    - unified_cyber_ontology:tag
    rank: 1000
    alias: threat_actor_types
    owner: ThreatActor
    domain_of:
    - ThreatActor
    range: string
    multivalued: true
    any_of:
    - range: ThreatActorTypeOv
    - range: string
  aliases:
    name: aliases
    description: Alternative names for the object.
    comments:
    - 'jsonschema_minItems: "1"'
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/attack
    rank: 1000
    alias: aliases
    owner: ThreatActor
    domain_of:
    - AttackPattern
    - Campaign
    - Infrastructure
    - IntrusionSet
    - Malware
    - ThreatActor
    - Tool
    range: string
    multivalued: true
  roles:
    name: roles
    description: Open-vocabulary threat actor roles.
    comments:
    - 'jsonschema_minItems: "1"'
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/attack
    related_mappings:
    - unified_cyber_ontology:hasFacet
    rank: 1000
    alias: roles
    owner: ThreatActor
    domain_of:
    - Identity
    - ThreatActor
    range: string
    multivalued: true
    any_of:
    - range: ThreatActorRoleOv
    - range: string
  goals:
    name: goals
    description: Threat actor goals.
    comments:
    - 'jsonschema_minItems: "1"'
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/attack
    related_mappings:
    - unified_cyber_ontology:hasFacet
    rank: 1000
    alias: goals
    owner: ThreatActor
    domain_of:
    - IntrusionSet
    - ThreatActor
    range: string
    multivalued: true
  first_seen:
    name: first_seen
    description: First time observed.
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/attack
    rank: 1000
    alias: first_seen
    owner: ThreatActor
    domain_of:
    - Campaign
    - Infrastructure
    - IntrusionSet
    - Malware
    - ThreatActor
    - Sighting
    range: datetime
  last_seen:
    name: last_seen
    description: Last time observed.
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/attack
    rank: 1000
    alias: last_seen
    owner: ThreatActor
    domain_of:
    - Campaign
    - Infrastructure
    - IntrusionSet
    - Malware
    - ThreatActor
    - Sighting
    range: datetime
  sophistication:
    name: sophistication
    description: Threat actor sophistication level.
    comments:
    - 'open_vocabulary: ThreatActorSophisticationOv'
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/attack
    rank: 1000
    alias: sophistication
    owner: ThreatActor
    domain_of:
    - ThreatActor
    range: string
    any_of:
    - range: ThreatActorSophisticationOv
    - range: string
  resource_level:
    name: resource_level
    description: Threat actor resource level (attack-resource-level-ov).
    comments:
    - 'open_vocabulary: AttackResourceLevelOv'
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/attack
    rank: 1000
    alias: resource_level
    owner: ThreatActor
    domain_of:
    - IntrusionSet
    - ThreatActor
    range: string
    any_of:
    - range: AttackResourceLevelOv
    - range: string
  primary_motivation:
    name: primary_motivation
    description: Primary motivation (attack-motivation-ov).
    comments:
    - 'open_vocabulary: AttackMotivationOv'
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/attack
    rank: 1000
    alias: primary_motivation
    owner: ThreatActor
    domain_of:
    - IntrusionSet
    - ThreatActor
    range: string
    any_of:
    - range: AttackMotivationOv
    - range: string
  secondary_motivations:
    name: secondary_motivations
    description: Secondary motivations (attack-motivation-ov).
    comments:
    - 'jsonschema_minItems: "1"'
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/attack
    rank: 1000
    alias: secondary_motivations
    owner: ThreatActor
    domain_of:
    - IntrusionSet
    - ThreatActor
    range: string
    multivalued: true
    any_of:
    - range: AttackMotivationOv
    - range: string
  personal_motivations:
    name: personal_motivations
    description: Personal motivations of the threat actor (attack-motivation-ov).
    comments:
    - 'jsonschema_minItems: "1"'
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/attack
    rank: 1000
    alias: personal_motivations
    owner: ThreatActor
    domain_of:
    - ThreatActor
    range: string
    multivalued: true
    any_of:
    - range: AttackMotivationOv
    - range: string
  type:
    name: type
    description: STIX object type.
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/attack
    related_mappings:
    - unified_cyber_ontology:state
    rank: 1000
    alias: type
    owner: ThreatActor
    domain_of:
    - StixEntity
    - Bundle
    - Core
    - CyberObservableCore
    - ExtensionDefinition
    - LanguageContent
    - MarkingDefinition
    - File
    range: stix_type_name
    required: true
    pattern: ^threat-actor$
  spec_version:
    name: spec_version
    description: STIX specification version.
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/attack
    close_mappings:
    - unified_cyber_ontology:specVersion
    rank: 1000
    alias: spec_version
    owner: ThreatActor
    domain_of:
    - Core
    - CyberObservableCore
    - MarkingDefinition
    range: SpecVersionEnum
    required: true
  id:
    name: id
    description: STIX object identifier.
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/attack
    related_mappings:
    - unified_cyber_ontology:externalReference
    rank: 1000
    alias: id
    owner: ThreatActor
    domain_of:
    - StixEntity
    - Bundle
    - Core
    - CyberObservableCore
    - ExtensionDefinition
    - LanguageContent
    - MarkingDefinition
    - File
    range: stix_identifier
    required: true
    pattern: ^threat-actor--[0-9a-fA-F]{8}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[1-5][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[89abAB][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[0-9a-fA-F]{12}$
  created:
    name: created
    description: Creation timestamp.
    notes:
    - STIX core timestamps require millisecond precision.
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/attack
    close_mappings:
    - unified_cyber_ontology:objectCreatedTime
    rank: 1000
    alias: created
    owner: ThreatActor
    domain_of:
    - Core
    - MarkingDefinition
    range: datetime
    required: true
    pattern: T\d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}\.\d{3,}Z$
  modified:
    name: modified
    description: Modification timestamp.
    notes:
    - STIX core timestamps require millisecond precision.
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/attack
    close_mappings:
    - unified_cyber_ontology:modifiedTime
    rank: 1000
    alias: modified
    owner: ThreatActor
    domain_of:
    - Core
    range: datetime
    required: true
    pattern: T\d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}\.\d{3,}Z$
  created_by_ref:
    name: created_by_ref
    description: ID of the object that created this object.
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/attack
    close_mappings:
    - unified_cyber_ontology:createdBy
    rank: 1000
    alias: created_by_ref
    owner: ThreatActor
    domain_of:
    - Core
    - MarkingDefinition
    range: stix_identifier
  labels:
    name: labels
    description: Terms used to describe this object.
    comments:
    - 'jsonschema_minItems: "1"'
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/attack
    close_mappings:
    - unified_cyber_ontology:tag
    rank: 1000
    alias: labels
    owner: ThreatActor
    domain_of:
    - Core
    range: string
    multivalued: true
  revoked:
    name: revoked
    description: Indicates whether this object has been revoked.
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/attack
    rank: 1000
    alias: revoked
    owner: ThreatActor
    domain_of:
    - Core
    range: boolean
  confidence:
    name: confidence
    description: Confidence that the producer has in this data.
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/attack
    rank: 1000
    alias: confidence
    owner: ThreatActor
    domain_of:
    - Core
    range: integer
    minimum_value: 0
    maximum_value: 100
  lang:
    name: lang
    description: Language of textual properties.
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/attack
    rank: 1000
    alias: lang
    owner: ThreatActor
    domain_of:
    - Core
    - GranularMarking
    range: string
  external_references:
    name: external_references
    description: External references to non-STIX information.
    comments:
    - 'jsonschema_minItems: "1"'
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/attack
    close_mappings:
    - unified_cyber_ontology:externalReference
    rank: 1000
    alias: external_references
    owner: ThreatActor
    domain_of:
    - Core
    - MarkingDefinition
    range: ExternalReference
    multivalued: true
  object_marking_refs:
    name: object_marking_refs
    description: Marking definition references applied to this object.
    comments:
    - 'jsonschema_minItems: "1"'
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/attack
    close_mappings:
    - unified_cyber_ontology:objectMarking
    rank: 1000
    alias: object_marking_refs
    owner: ThreatActor
    domain_of:
    - Core
    - CyberObservableCore
    - MarkingDefinition
    range: stix_identifier
    multivalued: true
  granular_markings:
    name: granular_markings
    description: Granular markings that apply to selected content.
    comments:
    - 'jsonschema_minItems: "1"'
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/attack
    narrow_mappings:
    - unified_cyber_ontology:objectMarking
    rank: 1000
    alias: granular_markings
    owner: ThreatActor
    domain_of:
    - Core
    - CyberObservableCore
    - MarkingDefinition
    range: GranularMarking
    multivalued: true
  extensions:
    name: extensions
    description: Open-ended extension payloads.
    notes:
    - JSON Schema uses patternProperties for extension keys; exact key validation
      is delegated to validator tooling.
    comments:
    - 'jsonschema_rule: patternProperties validator_hint: validate-extension-keys-and-values'
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/attack
    related_mappings:
    - unified_cyber_ontology:hasFacet
    rank: 1000
    alias: extensions
    owner: ThreatActor
    domain_of:
    - Core
    - CyberObservableCore
    - MarkingDefinition
    - File
    range: string
    multivalued: true
  name:
    name: name
    description: Human-readable name.
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/attack
    exact_mappings:
    - unified_cyber_ontology:name
    rank: 1000
    alias: name
    owner: ThreatActor
    domain_of:
    - RelatedAsset
    - StixEntity
    - ExtensionDefinition
    - MarkingDefinition
    - AutonomousSystem
    - File
    range: string
    required: true
  description:
    name: description
    description: Human-readable description.
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/attack
    close_mappings:
    - unified_cyber_ontology:description
    rank: 1000
    alias: description
    owner: ThreatActor
    domain_of:
    - RelatedAsset
    - MutableElement
    - StixEntity
    - ExtensionDefinition
    - ExternalReference
    range: string