ChinaWidely attributedUnknownMITRE G1006

Earth Lusca

Earth Lusca is a suspected China-based cyber espionage group that has been active since at least April 2019. Earth Lusca has targeted organizations in Australia, China, Hong Kong, Mongolia, Nepal, the Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, the United Arab Emirates, Nigeria, Germany, France, and the United States. Targets included government institutions, news media outlets, gambling companies, educational institutions, COVID-19 research organizations, telecommunications companies, religious movements banned in China, and cryptocurrency trading platforms; security researchers assess some Earth Lusca operations may be financially motivated. Earth Lusca has used malware commonly used by other Chinese threat groups, including APT41 and the Winnti Group cluster, however security researchers assess Earth Lusca's techniques and infrastructure are separate.

Attribution signal

?Score = mentions × confidence weight, summed across all attributed sources. Higher source diversity increases the score.≥ 10 High≥ 3 Moderate< 3 Low
0.3
Low signal strength
Mentions1
Sources1
High conf.0
Last seenMay 2026
First observed
2022-07-01
Last active
Origin
China
Aliases
5
Techniques
44
Campaigns
0
China

Attribution signals

1 mention · 1 source
#1assessed with low confidencelow
TTP match
jpcert-blog
May 2026

"attribution to Earth Lusca was assessed with low confidence."

Campaign: WILYCODE

Hedge terms observed

assessed with low confidence