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The IRS is seeking a purchase of Team Cymru’s “Recon—Advanced” product, the procurement records show. Recon provides access to “internet traffic telemetry” according to Team Cymru’s website. On its site the company describes this data as “the world’s largest Threat Intelligence data ocean.” Team Cymru says its product can be used to “trace malicious activity through a dozen or more proxies and VPNs to identify the origin of a cyber threat.”Do you work at a hedge fund that uses netflow data? Or do you know about any other datasets such firms use? We'd love to hear from you. Using a non-work phone or computer, you can contact Joseph Cox securely on Signal on +44 20 8133 5190, Wickr on josephcox, or email joseph.cox@vice.com.
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