Threat actor
EAB
Last fetched
EAB is a threat actor tracked in WhisperGraph's MITRE ATT&CK corpus, observed using 0 techniques.
Description
Education Advisory Board (EAB) is an EdTech company headquartered in Washington, D.C. As part of a network of companies owned by Vista Equity Partners, EAB's products collect and analyze detailed data on students. The data collected spans a wide range of sensitive information, including demographics and behavioral metrics, which it then provides to schools, universities, and other third parties. EAB also utilizes predictive analytics and tracking tools to monitor student behaviors and assess their likelihood of success or risk of dropping out.
Techniques by tactic
No ATT&CK techniques are recorded for EAB in WhisperGraph.
Attributed infrastructure
None published. WhisperGraph carries no ATTRIBUTED_TO edge to EAB today — this states the absence of a published link, not that EAB has no infrastructure.
References
- https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/eab-to-become-a-standalone-company-300510669.html
- https://themarkup.org/machine-learning/2022/01/11/this-private-equity-firm-is-amassing-companies-that-collect-data-on-americas-children
- https://www.apmreports.org/episode/2019/08/06/college-data-tracking-students-graduation
- https://themarkup.org/machine-learning/2021/03/02/major-universities-are-using-race-as-a-high-impact-predictor-of-student-success
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Related pages
Pivot from EAB 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.