Ntrepid
{{Short description|American software, hardware, and cyber security company}}
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Ntrepid is an American software, hardware, and cyber security company, registered in Florida and based in Herndon, Virginia.{{cite web |url=http://kepler.sos.ca.gov/cbs.aspx |title=Business Entity Detail: Ntrepid Corporation |publisher=California Secretary of State |accessdate=14 April 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100402014221/http://kepler.sos.ca.gov/cbs.aspx |archivedate=2 April 2010 }}{{Cite news |last1=Cobain |first1=Ian |last2=Fielding |first2=Nick |date=2011-03-17 |title=Revealed: US spy operation that manipulates social media |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/mar/17/us-spy-operation-social-networks |access-date=2023-03-10 |issn=0261-3077}}Alex Spillius, [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/social-media/8389577/Pentagon-buys-social-networking-spy-software.html "Pentagon buys social networking 'spy software'"], The Telegraph, March 17, 2011. Retrieved March 24, 2011.
History
In 2008, the Anonymizer company was acquired by the Abraxas Corporation, which was purchased by Cubic in 2010 for $124 million.{{cite web |url=http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/anonymizer-tied-company-selling-trapwire-surveillance-governments |title=Anonymizer tied to company selling TrapWire surveillance to governments |date=14 August 2012 |publisher=Network World |accessdate=16 April 2014}} Some of Abraxas' former employees left to form Ntrepid that same year. Lance Cottrell, founder of Anonymizer, was the chief scientist at Ntrepid.{{cite web |url=http://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/incident-detection/bsidessf-preview-using-system-fingerprints-track-attackers/ |title=Using System Fingerprints to Track Attackers |publisher=Tripwire |accessdate=16 April 2014}} Anonymizer is wholly owned by Ntrepid.Shaun Waterman, [http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/mar/1/us-central-command-friending-the-enemy-in-psycholo/?page=2 "U.S. Central Command ‘friending’ the enemy in psychological war"], Washington Times, March 1, 2011. Retrieved March 24, 2011.{{cite web |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/examining-the-ties-between-trapwire-abraxas-and-anonymizer/ |title=Examining the ties between TrapWire, Abraxas and Anonymizer |publisher=ZDNet| access-date=16 April 2014}} In October 2018, Ntrepid transitioned Anonymizer.com consumer anonymity accounts to Invincibull to focus on managed attribution.{{cite web |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20181024005078/en/Ntrepid-Transitions-Anonymizer-VPN-Accounts-InvinciBull |title=Ntrepid Transitions Anonymizer VPN Accounts to InvinciBull |publisher=Businesswire| access-date=18 November 2024}}
Military contract
In March 2011, Ntrepid won a $2.76 million contract from the U.S. military for "online persona management." 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."{{cite web |url=http://www.voxnews.com/index.php/2011-06-30-23-44-03/48-us-military-propagandizes-social-media-with-fake-accounts |title=US Military Propagandizes Social Media With Fake Accounts |publisher=Vox News |accessdate=22 April 2014}} It would allow for one operator to anonymously create and control up to ten personas from one computer.
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.
The project is thought to be connected with Operation Earnest Voice.
References
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External links
- [http://www.ntrepidcorp.com/ Ntrepid official site]
Category:Internet manipulation and propaganda
Category:Computer security software companies
Category:Propaganda in the United States
Category:Software companies based in Virginia
Category:Software companies established in 2010