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| Formerly | Online Monitoring Services (1997-1998) |
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| Industry | Information security |
| Founded | 1997; 28 years ago (1997) |
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| Headquarters | , United States |
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Cyveillance is an American cybersecurity company founded in 1997, based inReston, Virginia. The company provides cybersecurity services includingbrand protection, social media monitoring and threat investigation, analysis, and response services. Its Cyveillance Intelligence Center subscription-based product monitors for information leaks; phishing and malware attacks and other online fraud schemes; sale of stolen credit and debit card numbers; threats to executives and events; counterfeiting; and trademark and brand abuse.
Cyveillance was founded in 1997 by Brandy Thomas, Christopher Young, Mark Bildner, and Jason Thomas. It was originally called Online Monitoring Services but was renamed in 1998 to Cyveillance.[citation needed]
From 1997 to 2009, Cyveillance was privately held.QinetiQ North America, a provider of information technology and engineering solutions to the U.S. government, acquired Cyveillance in May 2009.[1] In 2013 QinetiQ North America expanded the Cyveillance management team by the appointment of technical and marketing executives.[2] The acquisition was made for an initial cash consideration of $40 million.[3] Current management was also entitled to an additional $40 million at the anniversary of the closing dependent on hitting certain performance numbers.
LookingGlass Cyber Solutions purchased Cyveillance in 2015 and re-launched the brand in May 2020.[4]
In October 2020, the Baltimore-based digital risk protection companyZeroFox acquired Cyveillance.[5]
The company's clients include theUnited States Secret Service, which contracts Cyveillance to search available information related to the Secret Service and its missions. Information obtained through Cyveillance is incorporated into theProtective Research Information Management System (PRISM), an existing Secret Service system.[6] The company's other clients are in the financial services, energy, technology, retail, and pharmaceutical industries, and it provides open source internet intelligence to over 400 clients.
Criticisms of Cyveillance traffic have included the following:
On 2 July 2014 Cyveillance sent aDMCA takedown notice toGitHub on behalf ofQualcomm which caused 116 files (and the repositories they were in) to be blocked on GitHub.[7] Some of the blocked repositories were owned byCyanogenMod,Sony Mobile and even one of Qualcomm's own repositories leading to speculation that the notices have been automatically generated and poorly checked.[8] On 5 July 2014, Qualcomm retracted all of the takedown notices, apologized and will be reviewing all the files.[9]
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