Category Archives: Radaris

KrebsOnSecurity Threatened with Defamation Lawsuit Over Fake Radaris CEO

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On March 8, 2024, KrebsOnSecurity published a deep dive on the consumer data broker Radaris, showing how the original owners are two men in Massachusetts who operated multiple Russian language dating services and affiliate programs, in addition to a dizzying array of people-search websites. The subjects of that piece are threatening to sue KrebsOnSecurity for defamation unless the story is retracted. Meanwhile, their attorney has admitted that the person Radaris named as the CEO from its inception is a fabricated identity. Continue reading KrebsOnSecurity Threatened with Defamation Lawsuit Over Fake Radaris CEO→

The Not-so-True People-Search Network from China

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It’s not unusual for the data brokers behind people-search websites to use pseudonyms in their day-to-day lives (you would, too). Some of these personal data purveyors even try to reinvent their online identities in a bid to hide their conflicts of interest. But it’s not every day you run across a US-focused people-search network based in China whose principal owners all appear to be completely fabricated identities. Continue reading The Not-so-True People-Search Network from China→