Threat actor
PathAR
Last fetched
PathAR is a threat actor tracked in WhisperGraph's MITRE ATT&CK corpus, observed using 0 techniques.
Description
PathAR is a technology company specializing in social media monitoring analytics for intelligence gathering, with its primary product, Dunami, being used by U.S government agencies like the FBI and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Dunami mines data from platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram to create detailed profiles of users and map networks of association. The Chicago Public Schools (CPS) received a $2.2 million grant in 2014 from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Comprehensive School Safety Initiative. Part of the grant was allocated to hire two intelligence analysts and to purchase Dunami, which was then used to monitor students' public social media activity. The program initially targeted 16 schools and later expanded to 24 schools, covering approximately 25,000 students. The company is backed by In-Q-Tel, the CIA's venture capital arm.
Techniques by tactic
No ATT&CK techniques are recorded for PathAR in WhisperGraph.
Attributed infrastructure
None published. WhisperGraph carries no ATTRIBUTED_TO edge to PathAR today — this states the absence of a published link, not that PathAR has no infrastructure.
References
- https://theintercept.com/2016/04/14/in-undisclosed-cia-investments-social-media-mining-looms-large/
- https://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/04/15/revealed-cia-funding-companies-specialize-social-media-spying
- https://revealnews.org/blog/facebook-reactions-are-a-gift-to-advertisers-and-law-enforcement-alike/
- https://www.propublica.org/article/chicago-public-schools-social-media-monitoring-violence-gangs
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Related pages
Pivot from PathAR 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.