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attacker

nounid 1555·updated May 9, 2026
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An individual, group, organization, or government that executes an attack.

Classifications

Entity Type

Threat92%rule-basedr:entity.threat.actor.v1

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
attackers
possessive
attacker's
pluralpossessive
attackers'

Framework definitions

National Initiative for Cybersecurity Careers and Studies (NICCS) Cybersecurity Lexicon1 senseview framework →
§1 · extended_definition_available
An individual, group, organization, or government that executes an attack.

Outgoing relationships

related

Incoming relationships

related