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"Mass Internet Data" and $35k per month? Anyone who dealt with government contracts and/or internet knows that those 2 statements don't align in any way. This
by justapassenger 4y ago
"Mass Internet Data" and $35k per month?
Anyone who dealt with government contracts and/or internet knows that those 2 statements don't align in any way. This data has to be extremely, extremely, extremely limited and/or useless.
- spydum 4y agoI have had access to this type of data before commercially for purpose. It's useful for knowing "who" has established connections to "who", but at just an IP level. Powerful for combining with other analysis on either the sender or receiver. You won't know what they said, but you know what ports they used. So if I see a sudden spike in IP addresses geocoded as being in the United States, and the destination is an unusual but specific port hosted in Belarus, it might be worth looking at a new C2 malware.
- justapassenger 4y agoYeah, I know those types of datasets. But did you see data, sold for $35k, to a government? I didn't, but I'm fairly confident in assuming it doesn't have much in it.
- YtGoodman 4y agoThen why did they buy it?
- hsdropout 4y ago*we
- justapassenger 4y agoBecause government is very efficient with all the funds.