Company:Ntrepid
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| Type | Software, hardware, and cyber security company |
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| Founded | October 25, 2010 |
| Headquarters | Herndon, Virginia , U.S. |
| Products | Passages ION Nfusion Timestream Tartan Virtus ELUSIV |
| Subsidiaries | Anonymizer |
| Website | ntrepidcorp |
Ntrepid is an American software, hardware, and cyber security company, registered in Florida and based in Herndon, Virginia.[1][2][3]
History
In 2008, the Anonymizer company was acquired by the Abraxas Corporation, which was purchased by Cubic in 2010 for $124 million.[4] Some of Abraxas' former employees left to form Ntrepid that same year.[4] Lance Cottrell, founder of Anonymizer, is the chief scientist at Ntrepid.[5] Anonymizer is wholly owned by Ntrepid.[6][7]
Military contract
In March 2011, Ntrepid won a $2.76 million contract from the U.S. military for "online persona management."[2] The contract was for the creation of technology which would allow for blogging activities on websites, exclusively outside of the United States, to "counter violent extremist and enemy propaganda."[6][8] It would allow for one operator to anonymously create and control up to ten personas from one computer.[3]
The project is overseen by U.S. Central Command (Centcom), whose spokesman Commander Bill Speaks stated that the operation would be carried out in Arabic, Persian, and Urdu.[2]
The project is thought to be connected with Operation Earnest Voice.[2]
References
- ↑ "Business Entity Detail: Ntrepid Corporation". California Secretary of State. Archived from the original on 2 April 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100402014221/http://kepler.sos.ca.gov/cbs.aspx. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Cobain, Ian; Fielding, Nick (2011-03-17). "Revealed: US spy operation that manipulates social media" (in en-GB). The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/mar/17/us-spy-operation-social-networks.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Alex Spillius, "Pentagon buys social networking 'spy software'", The Telegraph, March 17, 2011. Retrieved March 24, 2011.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Anonymizer tied to company selling TrapWire surveillance to governments". Network World. 14 August 2012. http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/anonymizer-tied-company-selling-trapwire-surveillance-governments. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
- ↑ "Using System Fingerprints to Track Attackers". Tripwire. http://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/incident-detection/bsidessf-preview-using-system-fingerprints-track-attackers/. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Shaun Waterman, "U.S. Central Command ‘friending’ the enemy in psychological war", Washington Times, March 1, 2011. Retrieved March 24, 2011.
- ↑ "Examining the ties between TrapWire, Abraxas and Anonymizer". ZDNet. http://www.zdnet.com/examining-the-ties-between-trapwire-abraxas-and-anonymizer-7000002770/. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
- ↑ "US Military Propagandizes Social Media With Fake Accounts". Vox News. http://www.voxnews.com/index.php/2011-06-30-23-44-03/48-us-military-propagandizes-social-media-with-fake-accounts. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
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