Threat actor
LexisNexis
Last fetched
LexisNexis is a threat actor tracked in WhisperGraph's MITRE ATT&CK corpus, observed using 0 techniques.
Description
LexisNexis' Accurint product collects a wide range of data from both public and non-public sources and offers them for sale primarily to government agencies and law enforcement. The platform compiles billions of records from sources such as government databases, utility bills, phone records, license plate tracking and medical records. It also integrates analytics tools like link analysis, detailed location mapping, and pattern recognition. Accurint is widely used by agencies such as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) for surveillance purposes, including tracking individuals and conducting deportation raids. LexisNexis also integrates facial recognition technology into its monitoring tools, enabling law enforcement and government agencies to identify individuals and analyze images as part of their surveillance and data-gathering efforts. LexisNexis is a wholly owned subsidiary of RELX PLC, a global information and analytics company headquartered in London.
Techniques by tactic
No ATT&CK techniques are recorded for LexisNexis in WhisperGraph.
Attributed infrastructure
None published. WhisperGraph carries no ATTRIBUTED_TO edge to LexisNexis today — this states the absence of a published link, not that LexisNexis has no infrastructure.
References
- https://theintercept.com/2021/04/02/ice-database-surveillance-lexisnexis/
- https://therecord.media/cbp-lexisnexis-risk-solutions-contract-surveillance
- https://truthout.org/articles/ice-is-using-data-from-lexisnexis-to-skirt-sanctuary-laws-and-deport-immigrants/
- https://prismreports.org/2025/01/30/ice-surveillance-immigrants/
- https://theintercept.com/2023/06/20/lexisnexis-ice-surveillance-license-plates/
- https://www.cbsnews.com/news/lexisnexis-lawsuit-collected-sold-personal-data-immigration-advocates-allege/
- https://theintercept.com/2022/06/09/ice-lexisnexis-mass-surveillances/
- https://www.theverge.com/2022/5/10/23065080/ice-surveillance-dragnet-data-brokers-georgetown-law
- https://epic.org/epic-coalition-call-for-ice-to-cancel-contract-with-lexisnexis-for-invasive-surveillance-databases/
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Related pages
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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 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.