Charles "Fox" DeBarber is an American

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and tech victim advocate, best known for his role as a cyber intelligence analyst on the

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television series ''Hunted''. He is a former

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analyst and is the Director of Operations at the non-consensual sexual abuse material (NCSAM) victim advocacy organization Phoenix AI.

Education

DeBarber completed his MA in Intelligence Operations from American Military University in 2011 and graduated from the

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where he studied

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Career

DeBarber served in the

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as a 35N ( Signals Intelligence Collector/Analyst) from 2004 to 2013. During that time he completed one deployment during the surge of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He was awarded an

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for his part in the recovery of the remains of a

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soldier in 2008. During his service, he was awarded two

s, an

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, Iraqi Campaign Medal, and two Meritorious Unit Commendations. Since leaving the military, DeBarber has worked as a Certified Ethical Hacker, cyber intelligence analyst, and

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investigator. He began working with survivors of NCSAM in 2015. He co-founded the tech development firm Phoenix AI in 2021 that develops curation tools, automation, and artificial intelligence (AI) to collect, de-index, and purge NCSAM. In 2016, he was chosen as a Cyber Analyst and lead Digital Forensics Examiner on CBS's

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show ''Hunted''. He was featured in the episode "Operation Cupid's Revenge". Mr. DeBarber testified in the 2019 civil trial against the defunct GirlsDoPorn sex trafficking ring. He appeared before the

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on June 7, 2021, and criticized

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's role in failing to impede the spread of NCSAM for over a decade.

Non-profit work

Since 2015, DeBarber has sat on the advisory board for the anti-child sex trafficking NGO Child Rescue and has assisted similar NGOs in efforts to recover lost children and combat child exploitation.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:DeBarber, Charles Intelligence analysts Living people United States Army non-commissioned officers Year of birth missing (living people) United States Army personnel of the Iraq War