Threat actor
Hakluyt
Last fetched
Hakluyt is a threat actor tracked in WhisperGraph's MITRE ATT&CK corpus, observed using 0 techniques.
Description
Hakluyt & Company is a London-based intelligence agency known for its discreet operations and high-level clientele, including multinational corporations and governments. The firm is notable for its ties to the intelligence community, as it is staffed predominantly by former officers from agencies such as MI6, the CIA, and other elite intelligence organizations. In 2001, BP and Shell were called out for hiring Hakluyt to spy on Greenpeace activists. In 2021, Hakluyt opened a subsidiary in Dubai called Hakluyt & Company (Middle East) FZE.
Techniques by tactic
No ATT&CK techniques are recorded for Hakluyt in WhisperGraph.
Attributed infrastructure
None published. WhisperGraph carries no ATTRIBUTED_TO edge to Hakluyt today — this states the absence of a published link, not that Hakluyt has no infrastructure.
References
- https://www.fastcompany.com/1727928/leaked-documents-uncover-energy-companies-spying-activists
- https://www.intelligenceonline.com/corporate-intelligence/2018/09/26/ledgett-former-nsa-number-two-joins-hakluyt-in-washington,108325316-gra
- https://royaldutchshellplc.com/2017/09/11/online-surveillance-and-digital-reputations/
- https://d1e00ek4ebabms.cloudfront.net/production/uploaded-files/Sunday%20Times%20MI6%20(1)-9c96d371-3468-4f5d-ab4e-9ed3c5dcccc6.pdf
- https://www.news.com.au/world/britain-is-concerned-about-australias-links-to-hakluyt-security-firm-created-by-former-mi6-agents/news-story/5d6a3c7ccbd5cd9992379aeecaa5e3dc
- https://socialistworker.co.uk/in-depth/background-check/hakluyt-the-secretive-spy-firm-that-keir-starmer-is-banking-on/
- https://www.intelligenceonline.com/corporate-intelligence/2021/06/10/hakluyt-swaps-mayfair-s-grey-skies-for-dubai-sun,109672337-art
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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.