Threat actor
Datastream Group
Last fetched
Datastream Group is a threat actor tracked in WhisperGraph's MITRE ATT&CK corpus, observed using 0 techniques.
Description
Datastream Group, an American data broker, aggregates and sells large amounts of geolocated personal data, often collected through mobile apps. An investigation revealed that Datastream Group's database includes information on over 47 million individuals, such as GPS coordinates, device details, and app usage patterns. The company collects geolocation data from 137 countries, as revealed in a dataset tied to its activities.
Techniques by tactic
No ATT&CK techniques are recorded for Datastream Group in WhisperGraph.
Attributed infrastructure
None published. WhisperGraph carries no ATTRIBUTED_TO edge to Datastream Group today — this states the absence of a published link, not that Datastream Group has no infrastructure.
References
- https://www.lemonde.fr/en/pixels/article/2025/02/12/personal-data-for-sale-the-out-of-control-industry-of-data-brokers_6738090_13.html
- https://www.wired.com/story/rtb-location-data-us-military/
- https://therecord.media/germany-geolocation-us-data-broker
- https://netzpolitik.org/2025/databroker-files-new-data-set-reveals-40000-apps-behind-location-tracking/
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Related pages
Pivot from Datastream Group 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.