Threat actor
Digital Receiver Technology
Last fetched
Digital Receiver Technology is a threat actor tracked in WhisperGraph's MITRE ATT&CK corpus, observed using 0 techniques.
Description
Digital Receiver Technology (DRT), a subsidiary of Boeing since its acquisition in 2008, is a developer of surveillance and wireless communication tools, including IMSI catchers - devices used for intercepting mobile communications. These tools are widely utilized by intelligence and defense agencies for monitoring and gathering data. The company's clients include the U.S Department of Defense, U.S Department of the Army, and the U.S. Marshals Service. In 2024, DRT was acquired from Boeing by Thales Defense and Security Inc (TDSI), a subsidiary of Thales.
Techniques by tactic
No ATT&CK techniques are recorded for Digital Receiver Technology in WhisperGraph.
Attributed infrastructure
None published. WhisperGraph carries no ATTRIBUTED_TO edge to Digital Receiver Technology today — this states the absence of a published link, not that Digital Receiver Technology has no infrastructure.
References
- https://www.militaryaerospace.com/defense-executive/article/16718062/boeing-acquires-digital-receiver-technology
- https://www.army-technology.com/news/boeing-sells-defence-surveillance-subsidiary-to-thales/
- https://www.themarshallproject.org/2024/11/12/protest-surveillance-technologies
- https://sls.eff.org/technologies/cell-site-simulators-imsi-catchers
- https://www.washingtontechnology.com/2016/09/digital-receiver-technology-wins-97m-contract-for-portable-surveillance-equipment/322083/
- https://openjurist.org/gov/prime-contract/dasc0102a0001-department-defense-digital-receiver-technology-i-piid-0001
- https://openjurist.org/gov/prime-contract/djms06c0023-department-justice-digital-receiver-technology-incorporated
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Related pages
Pivot from Digital Receiver Technology 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.