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Surprised no-one's mentioned wikileaks and the document leak [1] that exposed Palantir tendering to attack Assange's org on behalf of some bank. Combating th
by ttctciyf 11y ago
Surprised no-one's mentioned wikileaks and the document leak [1] that exposed Palantir tendering to attack Assange's org on behalf of some bank.
Combating this threat requires advanced subject matter
expertise in cybersecurity, insider threats, counter
cyber-fraud, targeting analysis, social media
exploitation
Palantir Technologies, HBGary Federal, and Berico
Technologies represent deep domain knowledge in each
of these areas
...
Feed the fuel between the feuding groups.
Disinformation. Create messages around actions to
sabotage or discredit the opposing organization.
Submit fake documents and then call out the error.
Create concern over the security of the
infrastructure. Create exposure stories. If the
process is believed to not be secure they are done.
Cyber attacks against the infrastructure to get data
on document submitters. This would kill the project.
Since the servers are now in Sweden and France putting
a team together to get access is more straightforward.
Media campaign to push the radical and reckless nature
of wikileaks activities. Sustained pressure. Does
nothing for the fanatics, but creates concern and doubt
amongst moderates.
Search for leaks. Use social media to profile and
identify risky behavior of employees.
This seems to show Palantir expertise extending beyond data filtering, and was a big enough deal at the time for Palantir to publicly apologise and iirc lose a member of staff.
1: https://wikileaks.org/IMG/pdf/WikiLeaks_Response_v6.pdf https://wikileaks.org/IMG/pdf/WikiLeaks_Response_v6.pdf