| Ntrepid | |
| Type: | Software, hardware, and cyber security company |
| Location City: | Herndon, Virginia |
| Location Country: | U.S. |
| Products: | Passages ION Nfusion Timestream Tartan Virtus ELUSIV |
| Subsid: | Anonymizer |
Ntrepid is an American software, hardware, and cyber security company, registered in Florida and based in Herndon, Virginia.[1] [2] [3]
In 2008, the Anonymizer company was acquired by the Abraxas Corporation, which was purchased by Cubic in 2010 for $124 million.[4] Some of Abraxas' former employees left to form Ntrepid that same year.[4] Lance Cottrell, founder of Anonymizer, is the chief scientist at Ntrepid.[5] Anonymizer is wholly owned by Ntrepid.[6] [7]
In March 2011, Ntrepid won a $2.76 million contract from the U.S. military for "online persona management."[2] The contract was for the creation of technology which would allow for blogging activities on websites, exclusively outside of the United States, to "counter violent extremist and enemy propaganda."[6] [8] It would allow for one operator to anonymously create and control up to ten personas from one computer.[3]
The project is overseen by U.S. Central Command (Centcom), whose spokesman Commander Bill Speaks stated that the operation would be carried out in Arabic, Persian, and Urdu.[2]
The project is thought to be connected with Operation Earnest Voice.[2]