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Hallucinating Credibility: China-Aligned TA419 Impersonates its Way into US AI Policy Circles

Proofpoint Threat Insight
Proofpoint Threat Insight
Published October 1, 2026Original Report

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Key Findings In July 2026, a China-aligned threat actor Proofpoint tracks as TA419 conducted multiple credential phishing campaigns impersonating prominent economists and artificial intelligence (AI) policymakers to target AI experts working for US think tanks, universities, and legal sector organizations. TA419 also previously impersonated a prominent Anthropic employee to target an AI policy expert at a US think tank in February 2026. This activity likely supports wider…

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Diamond Model

SOCIAL AXISTECHNOLOGY AXISADVERSARYTA419INFRASTRUCTUREheritiage.orgmsfile.online108.61.163.187CAPABILITYunknownVICTIMunknown
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Infrastructure(6)
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21 indicators

TypeIndicatorConfidenceScoreFirst Seen
Domainheritiage.orgHighScore 58/100First seen
Domainmsfile.onlineHighScore 58/100First seen
IP108.61.163.187HighScore 58/100First seen
Domainquickfly.onlineHighScore 58/100First seen
Domaincloudsyncpulse.comHighScore 58/100First seen
Domainsharehub.spaceHighScore 58/100First seen
Domaingoshshare.onlineHighScore 58/100First seen
Domainheritiages.orgHighScore 58/100First seen
Domainpublicsharefile.cloudHighScore 58/100First seen
Domainonecloudfilesync.comHighScore 58/100First seen
Domaintw-koryu.orgHighScore 58/100First seen
Domainwinsync.cloudHighScore 58/100First seen
Domainsmartsyncbox.comHighScore 58/100First seen
Domainmypublicshare.comHighScore 58/100First seen
Domainsynchvault.coHighScore 58/100First seen
SHA256b314a1499cd728ca3e54b7150661fd0c7d2279065fe3f570f0f66c395d744460MediumScore 53/100First seen
Domaincirrushare.coHighScore 58/100First seen
Domainglobalfileshareplatform.comHighScore 58/100First seen
Domaindriftshare.coHighScore 58/100First seen
Domainfileswiftonline.cloudHighScore 58/100First seen
Domainshinjirou.infoHighScore 58/100First seen

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