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Threat actors within the same weather family are given an adjective to distinguish actor groups with distinct tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs), infrastructure, objectives, or other identified patterns. For groups in development, we use a temporary designation of Storm and a four-digit number where there's a newly discovered, unknown, emerging, or developing cluster of threat activity.

The following table shows how the family names map to the threat actors that we track.
The following table shows how these family names map to the threat actors that we track:

|Threat actor category|Type|Family name|
|:---|:---|:---|
|Nation-state|China<br>Iran<br>Lebanon<br>North Korea<br>Russia<br>South Korea<br>Türkiye<br>Vietnam|Typhoon<br>Sandstorm<br>Rain<br>Sleet<br>Blizzard<br>Hail<br>Dust<br>Cyclone|
|Nation-state|China<br>Germany<br>India<br>Iran<br>North Korea<br>Lebanon<br>Pakistan<br>Palestinian Authority<br>Russia<br>Singapore<br>South Korea<br>Spain<br>Syria<br>Türkiye<br>Ukraine<br>United States<br>Vietnam|Typhoon<br>Gale<br>Monsoon<br>Sandstorm<br>Sleet<br>Rain<br>Whirlwind<br>Lightning<br>Blizzard<br>Squall<br>Hail<br>Derecho<br>Haze<br>Dust<br>Frost<br>Tornado<br>Cyclone|
|Financially motivated|Financially motivated|Tempest|
|Private sector offensive actors|PSOAs|Tsunami|
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