Threat actor
Knightscope
Last fetched
Knightscope is a threat actor tracked in WhisperGraph's MITRE ATT&CK corpus, observed using 0 techniques.
Description
Knightscope is a developer of Autonomous Security Robots (ASRs) that are equipped with facial recognition capabilities, Automatic License Plate Recognition (ALPR), and smartphone signal detection. The company claims their robots provide 360-degree high-definition surveillance, capturing continuous video footage that can be analyzed with AI.
Techniques by tactic
No ATT&CK techniques are recorded for Knightscope in WhisperGraph.
Attributed infrastructure
None published. WhisperGraph carries no ATTRIBUTED_TO edge to Knightscope today — this states the absence of a published link, not that Knightscope has no infrastructure.
References
- https://blog.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2021/06/private-surveillance-company-scans-millions-of-license-plates-and-cell-phones/
- https://www.therobotreport.com/knightscope-recieves-authority-to-operate-within-the-u-s-government/
- https://www.nydailynews.com/2024/05/30/nypd-still-not-following-public-disclosure-law-on-high-tech-surveillance-gadgets-report/
- https://knightscope.com/use-cases/homeowner-associations
- https://www.nydailynews.com/2015/05/10/united-arab-emirates-to-introduce-patrolling-robocops-in-two-years/
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/innovations/wp/2017/12/14/crime-fighting-robot-retired-after-launching-alleged-war-on-the-homeless/
- https://qz.com/1154649/a-knightscope-security-robot-is-being-used-to-shoo-away-homeless-people-in-san-francisco
- https://www.foxnews.com/tech/ai-cyborg-patrols-streets-live-360-degree-tracking
- https://knightscope.com/products/k5
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Related pages
Pivot from Knightscope 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 25Techniques 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 1000Infrastructure publicly attributed to this actor.
MATCH (n)-[:ATTRIBUTED_TO]->(a:ACTOR {name: $name})
RETURN labels(n)[0] AS kind, n.name AS name
LIMIT 25Or query Whisper from your own LLM workflow via the Whisper MCP server.