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 contractedit
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]
^. California Secretary of State. Archived from the original on 2 April 2010. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
^ abcdCobain, Ian; Fielding, Nick (2011-03-17). "Revealed: US spy operation that manipulates social media". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
^ abAlex Spillius, "Pentagon buys social networking 'spy software'", The Telegraph, March 17, 2011. Retrieved March 24, 2011.
^ ab"Anonymizer tied to company selling TrapWire surveillance to governments". Network World. 14 August 2012. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
^"Using System Fingerprints to Track Attackers". Tripwire. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
^ abShaun 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. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
^"US Military Propagandizes Social Media With Fake Accounts". Vox News. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
External linksedit
Ntrepid official site
October 27, 2023
ntrepid, american, software, hardware, cyber, security, company, registered, florida, based, herndon, virginia, typesoftware, hardware, cyber, security, companyfoundedoctober, 2010, 2010, headquartersherndon, virginia, productspassagesionnfusiontimestreamtarta. Ntrepid is an American software hardware and cyber security company registered in Florida and based in Herndon Virginia 1 2 3 NtrepidTypeSoftware hardware and cyber security companyFoundedOctober 25 2010 2010 10 25 HeadquartersHerndon Virginia U S ProductsPassagesIONNfusionTimestreamTartanVirtusELUSIVSubsidiariesAnonymizerWebsitentrepidcorp wbr com Contents 1 History 2 Military contract 3 References 4 External linksHistory editIn 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 editIn 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 edit Business Entity Detail Ntrepid Corporation California Secretary of State Archived from the original on 2 April 2010 Retrieved 14 April 2014 a b c d Cobain Ian Fielding Nick 2011 03 17 Revealed US spy operation that manipulates social media The Guardian ISSN 0261 3077 Retrieved 2023 03 10 a b Alex Spillius Pentagon buys social networking spy software The Telegraph March 17 2011 Retrieved March 24 2011 a b Anonymizer tied to company selling TrapWire surveillance to governments Network World 14 August 2012 Retrieved 16 April 2014 Using System Fingerprints to Track Attackers Tripwire Retrieved 16 April 2014 a b 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 Retrieved 16 April 2014 US Military Propagandizes Social Media With Fake Accounts Vox News Retrieved 22 April 2014 External links editNtrepid official site Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ntrepid amp oldid 1147608220, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
