# OT Intel API – ICS Threat Actors by Industrial Sector

> OT Intel API – ICS Threat Actors by Industrial Sector is a paid API for AI agents from ot-intel-api.onrender.com, paid per call via x402, $0.03/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Returns all known ICS/SCADA/OT threat actor groups targeting a specified industrial sector, sourced from live MITRE ATT&CK for ICS STIX data.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://ot-intel-api.onrender.com/ot/actor/sector
- Price: $0.03/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/ot-intel-api-onrender-com-403c5fad
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_QSK5bI87llW9zualCGhEr

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability ot-intel-api-onrender-com-403c5fad
```

Example prompt: Can you pull all the known ICS and SCADA threat actor groups that target the energy sector from the MITRE ATT&CK for ICS data?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need a sector-scoped list of ICS/OT threat actor groups for threat modeling, risk assessments, or industrial cybersecurity reporting. Prefer this over the full actor profile endpoint (/ot/actor with ?name=) when you want to discover all relevant adversaries for a sector rather than look up a specific named group. Best for generating sector threat reports or populating threat matrices for energy, water, manufacturing, oil-and-gas, chemical, transportation, or nuclear environments.

## Known failure modes

- Missing required 'sector' query parameter — returns 400 or error response
- Unsupported or unrecognized sector value — may return empty results or error
- Render.com cold-start latency (free tier) — first request may time out after inactivity
- MITRE ATT&CK STIX data source unavailable — may return stale or no results
- Typo in sector name (e.g. 'oil_gas' instead of 'oil-and-gas') — returns no results

## How this service works

ICS threat actors by sector. Pass ?sector=energy. Returns all groups targeting that sector from live MITRE ATT&CK ICS STIX data. Covers energy, water, manufacturing, oil-and-gas, chemical, transportation, nuclear.

## Output

A structured list of all known ICS/OT threat actor groups that target the specified industrial sector, drawn from live MITRE ATT&CK for ICS STIX data. Each entry typically includes threat group names and associated metadata relevant to that sector.

## Example request

```json
{
 "input": {
  "type": "http",
  "method": "GET",
  "queryParams": {
   "sector": "energy"
  }
 }
}
```

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "sector"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "sector": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Industry sector e.g. energy, water, manufacturing, oil-and-gas, chemical, transportation, nuclear"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "count": 2,
  "query": {
   "sector": "energy"
  },
  "freshness": "2025-05-22T10:00:00.000Z",
  "data_sources": [
   "MITRE-ATT&CK-ICS",
   "DeepSeek-CTI-Analysis"
  ],
  "actors_targeting_sector": [
   {
    "name": "SANDWORM",
    "attribution": "Russia — GRU Unit 74455",
    "activity_status": "ACTIVE",
    "physical_impact": "CONFIRMED DESTRUCTIVE"
   },
   {
    "name": "VOLTZITE",
    "attribution": "China",
    "activity_status": "ACTIVE",
    "physical_impact": "LIKELY"
   }
  ]
 }
}
```

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