Threat actor
Barbaricum
Last fetched
Barbaricum is a threat actor tracked in WhisperGraph's MITRE ATT&CK corpus, observed using 0 techniques.
Description
Barbaricum, a Washington, D.C.-based security and intelligence contractor, held a $5.5 million contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to monitor social media for threats and negative sentiment about the agency. The monitoring services provided under this contract included real-time surveillance, behavioral and sentiment analysis, and the tracking of negative references to ICE found on social media platforms.
Techniques by tactic
No ATT&CK techniques are recorded for Barbaricum in WhisperGraph.
Attributed infrastructure
None published. WhisperGraph carries no ATTRIBUTED_TO edge to Barbaricum today — this states the absence of a published link, not that Barbaricum has no infrastructure.
References
- https://www.elespanol.com/usa/en/20250221/ice-recurre-redes-sociales-unidos-monitorear-amenazas-operara/925157488_0.html
- https://theintercept.com/2025/02/11/ice-immigration-social-media-surveillance/
- https://dodsoco.ogc.osd.mil/Portals/102/Documents/Conflicts/2025%2025K%20(FY2024).pdf?ver=6UGEr9NtBuZqMfmcfNap6A%3D%3D
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Related pages
Pivot from Barbaricum into its techniques, tactics and any attributed infrastructure.
Queries
Resolves the slug to this actor, merging every duplicate node sharing the same name.
MATCH (a:ACTOR)
WHERE a.name =~ $pattern OR any(x IN a.aliases WHERE x =~ $pattern)
RETURN a.id AS id, a.name AS name, a.aliases AS aliases, a.description AS description,
a.references AS references, a.campaigns AS campaigns
LIMIT 25Run yourself →Techniques this actor uses, grouped by the tactic each one serves.
MATCH (a:ACTOR {name: $name})-[:USES_TECHNIQUE]->(t:ATTACK_PATTERN)
OPTIONAL MATCH (t)-[:USES_TACTIC]->(tac:ATTACK_PATTERN)
RETURN t.id AS techniqueId, t.name AS techniqueName, tac.id AS tacticId, tac.name AS tacticName
LIMIT 1000Run yourself →Infrastructure publicly attributed to this actor.
MATCH (n)-[:ATTRIBUTED_TO]->(a:ACTOR {name: $name})
RETURN labels(n)[0] AS kind, n.name AS name
LIMIT 25Run yourself →Or query Whisper from your own LLM workflow via the Whisper MCP server.