diff --git a/.vscode/launch.json b/.vscode/launch.json
index d4ac7c2b..53783495 100644
--- a/.vscode/launch.json
+++ b/.vscode/launch.json
@@ -1,6 +1,15 @@
 {
     "version": "0.2.0",
     "configurations": [
+        {
+            "name": "gen_gsma_motif",
+            "type": "debugpy",
+            "request": "launch",
+            "program": "${file}",
+            "console": "integratedTerminal",
+            "args": "",
+            "cwd": "${fileDirname}"
+        },
         {
             "name": "gen_mitre_d3fend",
             "type": "debugpy",
diff --git a/tools/gen_gsma_motif.py b/tools/gen_gsma_motif.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a7dadcec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/gen_gsma_motif.py
@@ -0,0 +1,213 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+#
+#    A simple convertor of the GSMA Mobile Threat Intelligence Framework (MoTIF) Principles to a MISP Galaxy datastructure.
+#    https://www.gsma.com/security/resources/fs-57-mobile-threat-intelligence-framework-motif-principles/
+#    Copyright (c) 2024 MISP Project
+#    Copyright (c) 2024 Christophe Vandeplas
+#
+#    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#    it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+#    published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+#    License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#    GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+#
+#    You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+#    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+
+import pdfplumber
+import requests
+import json
+
+
+pdf_file_name = 'gsma-motif-principles.pdf'
+pdf_url = 'https://www.gsma.com/solutions-and-impact/technologies/security/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/FS.57-MoTIF-Principles-v1.0.pdf'
+
+# FIXME save to temporary file
+# r = requests.get(pdf_url, allow_redirects=True)
+# pdf_file_content = r.content
+
+# with open(pdf_file_name, 'wb') as f:
+#     f.write(pdf_file_content)
+
+'''
+- search for 4.1 Techniques and Sub-techniques Definition
+- this is the start of our table parsing stuff
+- each title 4.1.x is a new technique - MOTxxxx
+- each title 4.1.x.y is a new sub-technique - MOTxxxx.yyy
+- extract table,
+-- identify if table is finishing on next page
+-- if so jump to next page and merge both tables
+- make generic function to convert table to dict
+
+'''
+
+
+def sub_table_to_list(table: list) -> list:
+    if len(table) == 0:
+        return []
+    try:
+        result = []
+        # FIXME use header row to know column names
+        for row in table:
+            result.append({
+                'ID': row[2].replace('\n', ''),
+                'Name': row[4]. replace('\n', ' ').strip(),
+                'Description': row[5]
+            })
+        return result
+    except IndexError:
+        return []
+
+
+def table_to_technique(table: list) -> dict:
+    '''
+    Convert a table to a technique dictionary
+    '''
+    result = {}
+    row_index = 0
+    while row_index < len(table):
+        row = table[row_index]
+
+        # row[1] is None : sub-table in table
+        field = cleanup_field(row[0])
+        try:
+            if result['ID'] == 'MOT1036.301':
+                pass
+        except KeyError:
+            pass
+        if field == 'Procedure Examples':
+            # extract sub-table in the next rows
+            sub_table = []
+            try:
+                while table[row_index + 1][0] is None:
+                    sub_table.append(table[row_index + 1])
+                    row_index += 1
+            except IndexError:  # just the end of the page, will be handled in the next page
+                pass
+            value = sub_table_to_list(sub_table)
+        elif field == 'Analogous technique in other frameworks':
+            # column index is not always the same... so figure out the first non-empty cell
+            i = 1
+            value = ''
+            while i < len(row):
+                try:
+                    if row[i] is not None:
+                        value = row[i]
+                        break
+                except IndexError:
+                    pass
+                i += 1
+        elif not field:
+            # annoyingly a sub-table might have been parsed differently from previous page. So bad luck. There's not much we can do about it except even worse code than we have here.
+            row_index += 1
+            continue
+        else:
+            value = row[1].replace('\n', ' ').strip()
+
+        result[field] = value
+
+        row_index += 1
+
+    return result
+
+
+def cleanup_field(field: str) -> str:
+    '''
+    Cleanup a field name
+    '''
+    try:
+        return field.strip().replace(':', '').replace('\n', ' ').replace('- ', '-').strip()
+    except AttributeError:
+        return ''
+
+
+def is_end_of_table(table: list) -> bool:
+    '''
+    Check if this is the end of the table, by checking the last row in the table.
+    '''
+    try:
+        # Techniques
+        if table['ID'].startswith('MOT') and 'Analogous technique in other frameworks' in table:
+            return True
+        # Mitigations
+        if table['ID'].startswith('MOS') and 'References' in table:
+            return True
+
+    except KeyError:
+        pass
+    return False
+
+
+entries = {}
+
+table_settings = {
+    "vertical_strategy": "lines",
+    "horizontal_strategy": "lines",
+    # "explicit_vertical_lines": [],
+    # "explicit_horizontal_lines": [],
+    # "snap_tolerance": 6,
+    "snap_x_tolerance": 6,   # pg49: must be 6
+    "snap_y_tolerance": 3,   # max 14
+    # "join_tolerance": 3,
+    # "join_x_tolerance": 3,
+    # "join_y_tolerance": 3,
+    # "edge_min_length": 3,
+    # "min_words_vertical": 3,
+    # "min_words_horizontal": 1,
+    # "intersection_tolerance": 3,
+    # "intersection_x_tolerance": 3,
+    # "intersection_y_tolerance": 3,
+    # "text_tolerance": 3,
+    # "text_x_tolerance": 3,
+    # "text_y_tolerance": 3,
+}
+
+with pdfplumber.open(pdf_file_name) as pdfp:
+
+    page_index = 0
+    title_seen = False
+    curr_table = None
+
+    while page_index < len(pdfp.pages):
+        page = pdfp.pages[page_index]
+        # skip to section 4.1 Techniques and Sub-techniques Definition
+        if not title_seen:
+            page_text = page.extract_text()
+            if '4.1 Techniques and Sub-techniques Definition' not in page_text or 'Table of Contents' in page_text:
+                print(f"Skipping page {page_index}")
+                page_index += 1
+                continue
+            title_seen = True
+
+        # parse technique tables
+
+        for table in page.extract_tables(table_settings=table_settings):
+            if curr_table:   # merge tables if continuation
+                # if first row does not have a first column, then it's the continuation of the previous row
+                if table[0][0] == '' and table[0][1] != '':
+                    curr_table[-1][1] += ' ' + table[0][1]  # add description of new row to previous row
+                    table.pop(0)                            # remove the first new row of the table
+                # annoyingly a sub-table might have been parsed differently from previous page. So bad luck. There's not much we can do about it except even worse code than we have here.
+                # handle rest of merging case
+                table = curr_table + table
+                curr_table = None  # reset for clean start
+
+            parsed_table = table_to_technique(table)
+            if is_end_of_table(parsed_table):
+                # valid table
+                entries[parsed_table['ID']] = parsed_table
+                if parsed_table['ID'] == 'MOT1565.001':
+                    pass
+            else:
+                # incomplete table, store in curr_table and continue next row
+                curr_table = table
+        page_index += 1
+
+with open('gsma_motif.json', 'w') as f:
+    json.dump(entries, f, indent=4)
+
diff --git a/tools/requirements.txt b/tools/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a72800b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+
+pdfplumber==0.11.0
+graphviz==0.20.3
+requests==2.23.3
+