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T0831 Manipulation of Control

Impact (ICS)ICS

As of 2026-10-05, T0831 (Manipulation of Control) appears in 10 tracked threats, first reported 2026-02-02 and most recently 2026-08-19, with linked actors including Sandworm, Static Tundra, APT44; it most often appears alongside T1046 (Network Service Discovery).

Tracked threats
1010 critical
First seen
2026-02-02
Last seen
2026-08-19
Threat actors
7In the threats using it
Detection rules
7Blue tier and above

Data as of:

Activity timeline

T0831 first appeared in tracked threats on and was most recently reported on . The busiest month was 2026-02 with 4 reports, and 10 of the 10 threats were reported in the twelve months to 2026-08.

How adversaries use it

T0831 Manipulation of Control is catalogued by MITRE ATT&CK under the Impact (ICS) tactic in the ICS matrix. Threadlinqs maps 10 of 2623 tracked threats (0.4%) to it; by severity that is 10 critical.

Threats that use T0831 most often also use T1046 Network Service Discovery (8 threats), T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter (8 threats), T1005 Data from Local System (6 threats), T1036 Masquerading (6 threats), T1078 Valid Accounts (6 threats). These are the techniques an intrusion set tends to chain with it, so they are the natural next places to look when it is observed.

7 tracked threat actors appear in the threats that use T0831; the most frequent are Sandworm (4), Static Tundra (3), APT44 (2), FSB Center 16 (2), Cyber Av3ngers (1).

Threat actors using it

Tracked threats

10 tracked threats use T0831.

Detection coverage

Threadlinqs maintains 7 detection rules mapped to T0831 (SPL 3, Sigma 4). Rule content is available to Blue tier accounts and above; this page shows counts only.

7 detection rules (SPL/KQL/Sigma) · Blue and above. Compare plans