Tropic Trooper
Tropic Trooper is an unaffiliated threat group that has led targeted campaigns against targets in Taiwan, the Philippines, and Hong Kong. Tropic Trooper focuses on targeting government, healthcare, transportation, and high-tech industries and has been active since 2011.
Attribution signal
?Score = mentions × confidence weight, summed across all attributed sources. Higher source diversity increases the score.≥ 10 High≥ 3 Moderate< 3 Low1.0
Low signal strength
Mentions1
Sources1
High conf.1
Last seenMay 2026
First observed
2019-01-29
Last active
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Origin
China
Aliases
3
Techniques
40
Campaigns
0
China
Attribution signals
1 mention · 1 source#1attributed tohigh
Unspecified
jpcert-blog
May 2026
"a compromised update process of a legitimate application attributed to the threat actor "Tropic Trooper.""
Hedge terms observed
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