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Class: StixThreatActor

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

URI: attack:StixThreatActor

 classDiagram
    class StixThreatActor
    click StixThreatActor href "../StixThreatActor/"
      StixDomainObject <|-- StixThreatActor
        click StixDomainObject href "../StixDomainObject/"
      
      StixThreatActor : aliases
        
      StixThreatActor : confidence
        
      StixThreatActor : created
        
      StixThreatActor : created_by_ref
        
          
    
        
        
        StixThreatActor --> "0..1" StixIdentity : created_by_ref
        click StixIdentity href "../StixIdentity/"
    

        
      StixThreatActor : description
        
      StixThreatActor : extensions
        
          
    
        
        
        StixThreatActor --> "0..1" StixExtensions : extensions
        click StixExtensions href "../StixExtensions/"
    

        
      StixThreatActor : external_references
        
          
    
        
        
        StixThreatActor --> "1..*" StixExternalReference : external_references
        click StixExternalReference href "../StixExternalReference/"
    

        
      StixThreatActor : first_seen
        
      StixThreatActor : goals
        
      StixThreatActor : granular_markings
        
          
    
        
        
        StixThreatActor --> "1..*" StixGranularMarking : granular_markings
        click StixGranularMarking href "../StixGranularMarking/"
    

        
      StixThreatActor : id
        
      StixThreatActor : labels
        
      StixThreatActor : lang
        
      StixThreatActor : last_seen
        
      StixThreatActor : modified
        
      StixThreatActor : name
        
      StixThreatActor : object_marking_refs
        
          
    
        
        
        StixThreatActor --> "1..*" StixMarkingDefinition : object_marking_refs
        click StixMarkingDefinition href "../StixMarkingDefinition/"
    

        
      StixThreatActor : personal_motivations
        
      StixThreatActor : primary_motivation
        
      StixThreatActor : resource_level
        
      StixThreatActor : revoked
        
      StixThreatActor : roles
        
      StixThreatActor : secondary_motivations
        
      StixThreatActor : sophistication
        
      StixThreatActor : spec_version
        
          
    
        
        
        StixThreatActor --> "1" StixSpecVersion : spec_version
        click StixSpecVersion href "../StixSpecVersion/"
    

        
      StixThreatActor : threat_actor_types
        
      StixThreatActor : type

Inheritance

Section titled “Inheritance”

Slots

Section titled “Slots”
Name Cardinality and Range Description Inheritance
threat_actor_types 1..*
String or 
StixThreatActorType		 The kinds of threat actor, such as nation-state direct
name 1
String		 A name that identifies the object direct
description 0..1
String		 A description of the object, which may be long direct
aliases 1..*
String		 Other names by which the object is known direct
roles 1..*
String or 
StixThreatActorRole		 The roles that the identity or threat actor plays direct
goals 1..*
String		 The high-level goals direct
first_seen 0..1
StixTimestamp		 The time at which the object was first seen direct
last_seen 0..1
StixTimestamp		 The time at which the object was last seen direct
sophistication 0..1
String or 
StixThreatActorSophistication		 The skill, knowledge, training or expertise the threat actor needs to carry o… direct
resource_level 0..1
String or 
StixAttackResourceLevel		 The organizational level at which the actor typically works direct
primary_motivation 0..1
String or 
StixAttackMotivation		 The primary reason, motivation or purpose behind the activity direct
secondary_motivations 1..*
String or 
StixAttackMotivation		 The secondary reasons, motivations or purposes behind the activity direct
personal_motivations 1..*
String or 
StixAttackMotivation		 The threat actor’s personal reasons or motivations, apart from its organizati… direct
created_by_ref 0..1
StixIdentity		 A reference to the identity of the object’s creator StixCommonObject
created 1
StixTimestampMillis		 The time at which the object, or its first version, was created StixCommonObject
modified 1
StixTimestampMillis		 The time at which this version of the object was modified StixCommonObject
revoked 0..1
Boolean		 The revoked property indicates whether the object has been revoked StixCommonObject
labels 1..*
String		 The labels property specifies a set of terms used to describe this object StixCommonObject
confidence 0..1
Integer		 Identifies the confidence that the creator has in the correctness of their da… StixCommonObject
lang 0..1
String		 The language of the text content, as an RFC 5646 language code StixCommonObject
external_references 1..*
StixExternalReference		 References to non-STIX information about the object StixCommonObject
id 1
StixIdentifier		 The identifier of the object: its STIX type, two hyphens and a UUID StixObject
type 1
String		 The STIX type name of the object, such as attack-pattern StixObject
spec_version 1
StixSpecVersion		 The version of the STIX specification used to represent the object StixObject
object_marking_refs 1..*
StixMarkingDefinition		 References to the marking definitions that apply to the object StixObject
granular_markings 1..*
StixGranularMarking		 The granular markings that apply to parts of the object StixObject
extensions 0..1
StixExtensions		 The object’s extensions, as a dictionary keyed by extension name StixObject

Identifier and Mapping Information

Section titled “Identifier and Mapping Information”

Annotations

Section titled “Annotations”
property value
stix_type threat-actor

Schema Source

Section titled “Schema Source”

Mappings

Section titled “Mappings”
Mapping Type Mapped Value
self attack:StixThreatActor
native attack:StixThreatActor

LinkML Source

Section titled “LinkML Source”

Direct

Section titled “Direct”
name: StixThreatActor
annotations:
  stix_type:
    tag: stix_type
    value: threat-actor
description: Threat Actors are actual individuals, groups, or organizations believed
  to be operating with malicious intent.
from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/attack
is_a: StixDomainObject
slots:
- threat_actor_types
- name
- description
- 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
    equals_string: threat-actor
  name:
    name: name
    required: true
  roles:
    name: roles
    any_of:
    - range: StixThreatActorRole
    - range: string

Induced

Section titled “Induced”
name: StixThreatActor
annotations:
  stix_type:
    tag: stix_type
    value: threat-actor
description: Threat Actors are actual individuals, groups, or organizations believed
  to be operating with malicious intent.
from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/attack
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
    equals_string: threat-actor
  name:
    name: name
    required: true
  roles:
    name: roles
    any_of:
    - range: StixThreatActorRole
    - range: string
attributes:
  threat_actor_types:
    name: threat_actor_types
    description: The kinds of threat actor, such as nation-state.
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/attack
    rank: 1000
    slot_uri: stix:threat_actor_types
    owner: StixThreatActor
    domain_of:
    - StixThreatActor
    range: string
    multivalued: true
    minimum_cardinality: 1
    any_of:
    - range: StixThreatActorType
    - range: string
  name:
    name: name
    description: A name that identifies the object.
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/attack
    close_mappings:
    - uco-core:name
    rank: 1000
    slot_uri: stix:name
    owner: StixThreatActor
    domain_of:
    - AttackTactic
    - AttackMatrix
    - AttackCollection
    - AttackAsset
    - AttackDataSource
    - AttackDataComponent
    - AttackDetectionStrategy
    - AttackAnalytic
    - AttackRelatedAsset
    - AttackLogSource
    - AttackLogSourceReference
    - StixIdentity
    - StixMarkingDefinition
    - StixExtensionDefinition
    - StixAutonomousSystem
    - StixFile
    - StixMutex
    - StixSoftware
    - StixAlternateDataStream
    - StixWindowsPeSection
    - StixWindowsRegistryValue
    - StixAttackPattern
    - StixCampaign
    - StixCourseOfAction
    - StixGrouping
    - StixIncident
    - StixIndicator
    - StixInfrastructure
    - StixIntrusionSet
    - StixLocation
    - StixMalware
    - StixReport
    - StixThreatActor
    - StixTool
    - StixVulnerability
    range: string
    required: true
  description:
    name: description
    description: A description of the object, which may be long.
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/attack
    close_mappings:
    - uco-core:description
    rank: 1000
    slot_uri: stix:description
    owner: StixThreatActor
    domain_of:
    - AttackTactic
    - AttackMatrix
    - AttackCollection
    - AttackAsset
    - AttackDataSource
    - AttackDataComponent
    - AttackAnalytic
    - AttackRelatedAsset
    - AttackMutableElement
    - StixIdentity
    - StixExtensionDefinition
    - StixExternalReference
    - StixAttackPattern
    - StixCampaign
    - StixCourseOfAction
    - StixGrouping
    - StixIncident
    - StixIndicator
    - StixInfrastructure
    - StixIntrusionSet
    - StixLocation
    - StixMalware
    - StixReport
    - StixThreatActor
    - StixTool
    - StixVulnerability
    - StixRelationship
    - StixSighting
    range: string
  aliases:
    name: aliases
    description: Other names by which the object is known.
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/attack
    rank: 1000
    slot_uri: stix:aliases
    owner: StixThreatActor
    domain_of:
    - StixAttackPattern
    - StixCampaign
    - StixInfrastructure
    - StixIntrusionSet
    - StixMalware
    - StixThreatActor
    - StixTool
    range: string
    multivalued: true
    minimum_cardinality: 1
  roles:
    name: roles
    description: The roles that the identity or threat actor plays.
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/attack
    rank: 1000
    slot_uri: stix:roles
    owner: StixThreatActor
    domain_of:
    - StixIdentity
    - StixThreatActor
    range: string
    multivalued: true
    minimum_cardinality: 1
    any_of:
    - range: StixThreatActorRole
    - range: string
  goals:
    name: goals
    description: The high-level goals.
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/attack
    rank: 1000
    slot_uri: stix:goals
    owner: StixThreatActor
    domain_of:
    - StixIntrusionSet
    - StixThreatActor
    range: string
    multivalued: true
    minimum_cardinality: 1
  first_seen:
    name: first_seen
    description: The time at which the object was first seen.
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/attack
    rank: 1000
    slot_uri: stix:first_seen
    owner: StixThreatActor
    domain_of:
    - StixCampaign
    - StixInfrastructure
    - StixIntrusionSet
    - StixMalware
    - StixThreatActor
    - StixSighting
    range: stix_timestamp
  last_seen:
    name: last_seen
    description: The time at which the object was last seen.
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/attack
    rank: 1000
    slot_uri: stix:last_seen
    owner: StixThreatActor
    domain_of:
    - StixCampaign
    - StixInfrastructure
    - StixIntrusionSet
    - StixMalware
    - StixThreatActor
    - StixSighting
    range: stix_timestamp
  sophistication:
    name: sophistication
    description: The skill, knowledge, training or expertise the threat actor needs
      to carry out an attack.
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/attack
    rank: 1000
    slot_uri: stix:sophistication
    owner: StixThreatActor
    domain_of:
    - StixThreatActor
    range: string
    any_of:
    - range: StixThreatActorSophistication
    - range: string
  resource_level:
    name: resource_level
    description: The organizational level at which the actor typically works.
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/attack
    rank: 1000
    slot_uri: stix:resource_level
    owner: StixThreatActor
    domain_of:
    - StixIntrusionSet
    - StixThreatActor
    range: string
    any_of:
    - range: StixAttackResourceLevel
    - range: string
  primary_motivation:
    name: primary_motivation
    description: The primary reason, motivation or purpose behind the activity.
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/attack
    rank: 1000
    slot_uri: stix:primary_motivation
    owner: StixThreatActor
    domain_of:
    - StixIntrusionSet
    - StixThreatActor
    range: string
    any_of:
    - range: StixAttackMotivation
    - range: string
  secondary_motivations:
    name: secondary_motivations
    description: The secondary reasons, motivations or purposes behind the activity.
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/attack
    rank: 1000
    slot_uri: stix:secondary_motivations
    owner: StixThreatActor
    domain_of:
    - StixIntrusionSet
    - StixThreatActor
    range: string
    multivalued: true
    minimum_cardinality: 1
    any_of:
    - range: StixAttackMotivation
    - range: string
  personal_motivations:
    name: personal_motivations
    description: The threat actor's personal reasons or motivations, apart from its
      organization's goals.
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/attack
    rank: 1000
    slot_uri: stix:personal_motivations
    owner: StixThreatActor
    domain_of:
    - StixThreatActor
    range: string
    multivalued: true
    minimum_cardinality: 1
    any_of:
    - range: StixAttackMotivation
    - range: string
  created_by_ref:
    name: created_by_ref
    description: A reference to the identity of the object's creator.
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/attack
    close_mappings:
    - uco-core:createdBy
    rank: 1000
    slot_uri: stix:created_by_ref
    owner: StixThreatActor
    domain_of:
    - StixCommonObject
    - StixMarkingDefinition
    range: StixIdentity
    pattern: ^identity--[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: The time at which the object, or its first version, was created.
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/attack
    close_mappings:
    - uco-core:objectCreatedTime
    rank: 1000
    slot_uri: stix:created
    owner: StixThreatActor
    domain_of:
    - StixCommonObject
    - StixMarkingDefinition
    range: stix_timestamp_millis
    required: true
  modified:
    name: modified
    description: The time at which this version of the object was modified.
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/attack
    close_mappings:
    - uco-core:modifiedTime
    rank: 1000
    slot_uri: stix:modified
    owner: StixThreatActor
    domain_of:
    - StixCommonObject
    range: stix_timestamp_millis
    required: true
  revoked:
    name: revoked
    description: The revoked property indicates whether the object has been revoked.
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/attack
    rank: 1000
    slot_uri: stix:revoked
    owner: StixThreatActor
    domain_of:
    - StixCommonObject
    range: boolean
  labels:
    name: labels
    description: The labels property specifies a set of terms used to describe this
      object.
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/attack
    close_mappings:
    - uco-core:tag
    rank: 1000
    slot_uri: stix:labels
    owner: StixThreatActor
    domain_of:
    - StixCommonObject
    range: string
    multivalued: true
    minimum_cardinality: 1
  confidence:
    name: confidence
    description: Identifies the confidence that the creator has in the correctness
      of their data.
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/attack
    close_mappings:
    - uco-core:confidence
    rank: 1000
    slot_uri: stix:confidence
    owner: StixThreatActor
    domain_of:
    - StixCommonObject
    range: integer
    minimum_value: 0
    maximum_value: 100
  lang:
    name: lang
    description: The language of the text content, as an RFC 5646 language code.
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/attack
    rank: 1000
    slot_uri: stix:lang
    owner: StixThreatActor
    domain_of:
    - StixCommonObject
    - StixGranularMarking
    range: string
  external_references:
    name: external_references
    description: References to non-STIX information about the object.
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/attack
    close_mappings:
    - uco-core:externalReference
    rank: 1000
    slot_uri: stix:external_references
    owner: StixThreatActor
    domain_of:
    - StixCommonObject
    - StixMarkingDefinition
    range: StixExternalReference
    multivalued: true
    inlined: true
    inlined_as_list: true
    minimum_cardinality: 1
  id:
    name: id
    description: 'The identifier of the object: its STIX type, two hyphens and a UUID.
      Each class narrows the type.'
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/attack
    rank: 1000
    slot_uri: stix:id
    identifier: true
    owner: StixThreatActor
    domain_of:
    - StixObject
    - StixBundle
    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}$
  type:
    name: type
    description: The STIX type name of the object, such as attack-pattern. Each class
      pins its own.
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/attack
    rank: 1000
    slot_uri: stix:type
    owner: StixThreatActor
    domain_of:
    - StixObject
    - StixBundle
    range: string
    required: true
    pattern: ^([a-z][a-z0-9]*)+(-[a-z0-9]+)*\-?$
    equals_string: threat-actor
  spec_version:
    name: spec_version
    description: The version of the STIX specification used to represent the object.
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/attack
    rank: 1000
    slot_uri: stix:spec_version
    owner: StixThreatActor
    domain_of:
    - StixObject
    range: StixSpecVersion
    required: true
  object_marking_refs:
    name: object_marking_refs
    description: References to the marking definitions that apply to the object.
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/attack
    close_mappings:
    - uco-core:objectMarking
    rank: 1000
    slot_uri: stix:object_marking_refs
    owner: StixThreatActor
    domain_of:
    - StixObject
    range: StixMarkingDefinition
    multivalued: true
    pattern: ^marking-definition--[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}$
    minimum_cardinality: 1
  granular_markings:
    name: granular_markings
    description: The granular markings that apply to parts of the object.
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/attack
    rank: 1000
    slot_uri: stix:granular_markings
    owner: StixThreatActor
    domain_of:
    - StixObject
    range: StixGranularMarking
    multivalued: true
    inlined: true
    inlined_as_list: true
    minimum_cardinality: 1
  extensions:
    name: extensions
    description: The object's extensions, as a dictionary keyed by extension name.
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/attack
    rank: 1000
    slot_uri: stix:extensions
    owner: StixThreatActor
    domain_of:
    - StixObject
    range: StixExtensions
    inlined: true