ThreatConnect is a cyber-security firm based in

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. They provide a

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for companies to aggregate and act upon threat intelligence.

History

The firm was founded in 2011 as Cyber Squared Inc. by Adam Vincent, Richard Barger, Andrew Pendergast and Leigh Reichel. They renamed to ThreatConnect after their

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of $4 million in 2014, and in December 2015 obtained series B funding of $16 million. The company gained attention when it linked the

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to Chinese government-sponsored entities. According to cybercrime expert

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, ThreatConnect identified domains used by the group that were intentionally similar to legitimate domains used by Anthem. They also linked

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, responsible for the

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, to the Russian-backed cyberespionage group Fancy Bear. Further cyberattacks they attributed to Fancy Bear include against a group investigating the Malaysia Airlines 17 crash, and the

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who had recently issued a report about state-sponsored doping. In September 2020, ThreatConnect acquired Virginia-based software company Nehemiah Security.

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