DarkMatter Group (English Wikipedia)

"Alliance Business Centers Network: Corporate Identity Program". Alliance Business Centers Network website (abcn.com). August 13, 2001. Archived from the original on August 13, 2001. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
"Alliance Business Centers: ABOUT ALLIANCE Who We Are and What We Do". Alliance Business Centers website (abcn.com). September 15, 2021. Archived from the original on September 15, 2021. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
"Alliance Business Centers Network: ALLIANCE NETWORK - New York". Alliance Business Centers Network website (abcn.com). December 25, 2001. Archived from the original on December 25, 2001. Retrieved September 15, 2021.

alliancevirtualoffices.com

"Alliance Virtual Offices: About Management and Staff, Frank Cottle". Alliance Virtual Offices website (alliancevirtualoffices.com). September 15, 2021. Archived from the original on September 15, 2021. Retrieved September 15, 2021.

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Stock, Gary (September 21, 2001). "WTC Companies with phone numbers in the World Trade Center Towers". Gary Stock website. Archived from the original on September 15, 2021. Retrieved September 15, 2021 – via Southwestern Bell SMARTpages.
"Alliance Business Centers: ABOUT ALLIANCE Who We Are and What We Do". Alliance Business Centers website (abcn.com). September 15, 2021. Archived from the original on September 15, 2021. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
Saunders, Mike (December 2016). "Frank Cottle – Chairman, Founder at Alliance Business Centers". Influential Entrepreneurs (businessinnovatorsradio.com). Archived from the original on September 15, 2021. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
"Alliance Virtual Offices: About Management and Staff, Frank Cottle". Alliance Virtual Offices website (alliancevirtualoffices.com). September 15, 2021. Archived from the original on September 15, 2021. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
"3 former U.S. officials charged in United Arab Emirates hacking scheme". Associated Press. September 14, 2021. Archived from the original on September 15, 2021. Retrieved September 15, 2021 – via Honolulu Star-Advertiser.
"הסדר טיעון עם שלושה אנשי ביון לשעבר מגלה: איחוד האמירויות הפעיל פצחנים בארה"ב" [A plea deal with three former spies reveals: The UAE has activated crackers in the US]. news1.co.il (in Hebrew). September 15, 2021. Archived from the original on September 16, 2021. Retrieved September 15, 2021.

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"First Lady Michelle Obama to Travel to the State of Qatar and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan". FLOTUS: The White House. October 28, 2015. Retrieved September 15, 2021.

arstechnica.com

Gallagher, Sean (February 1, 2019). "UAE buys its way toward supremacy in Gulf cyberwar, using US and Israeli experts".

bleepingcomputer.com

"CyberSecurity Firm Darkmatter Request to be Trusted Root CA Raises Concerns". BleepingComputer.
"Mozilla Blocks DarkMatter From Becoming a Trusted CA in Firefox". BleepingComputer. Retrieved 2024-01-04.

businessinnovatorsradio.com

Saunders, Mike (December 2016). "Frank Cottle – Chairman, Founder at Alliance Business Centers". Influential Entrepreneurs (businessinnovatorsradio.com). Archived from the original on September 15, 2021. Retrieved September 15, 2021.

businessinsider.com

Reuters staff. "A top secret UAE spy operation staffed by former NSA cyber-agents hacked into the iPhones of dissidents and rivals". Business Insider. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)

cyberscoop.com

Riley, Tonya (September 14, 2021). "Former US intelligence operatives charged with helping UAE hack rivals, Americans". cyberscoop.com. Archived from the original on September 17, 2021. Retrieved September 14, 2021.

ecdhr.org

"Cyber Surveillance in the United Arab Emirates: Updated Assessment". European Centre for Democracy and Human Rights. Retrieved 25 September 2024.

eff.org

Quintin, Cooper (22 February 2019). "Cyber-Mercenary Groups Shouldn't be Trusted in Your Browser or Anywhere Else". Electronic Frontier Foundation.

evilsocket.net

Maragitelli, Simone (July 27, 2016). "How The United Arab Emirates Intelligence Tried to Hire me to Spy on its People". Archived from the original on 2016-07-27. Retrieved September 15, 2021.

expo2020dubai.com

"Who's going to protect you online at Expo 2020?". Official Expo 2020 news blog. June 4, 2018. Retrieved August 20, 2020.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

foreignpolicy.com

McLaughlin, Jenna (December 21, 2017). "Deep Pockets, Deep Cover: The UAE Is paying Ex-CIA officers to build a spy empire in the Gulf". Foreign Policy. Archived from the original on September 19, 2021. Retrieved September 18, 2021.

groups.google.com

"DarkMatter Concerns". Google Groups.

haaretz.com

Ziv, Amitai [in Hebrew] (16 October 2019). "Mysterious UAE Cyber Firm Luring ex-Israeli Intel Officers With Astronomical Salaries". Haaretz.

helsinkitimes.fi

"Revealed: Secretive UAE cybersecurity firm with a history of spying on dissidents is operating in Finland". helsinkitimes.fi. 3 February 2019.

intelligenceonline.com

"Digital14 picks up Darkmatter's key activities, including the vulnerabilities researcher xen1thLabs". 21 January 2021. Retrieved September 15, 2021.

linkedin.com

Cottle, Frank (September 15, 2021). "Frank Cottle bio". Retrieved September 15, 2021.

mozilla.org

bugzilla.mozilla.org

"1427262 - Add DarkMatter Root Certificates". bugzilla.mozilla.org.

nbcnews.com

"3 former U.S. intelligence operatives to pay over $1.6 million to resolve mercenary hacking charges: The men worked for the United Arab Emirates and faced federal charges of conspiring to violate hacking laws, the Justice Department said Tuesday". NBC News. September 14, 2021. Retrieved September 15, 2021.

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"הסדר טיעון עם שלושה אנשי ביון לשעבר מגלה: איחוד האמירויות הפעיל פצחנים בארה"ב" [A plea deal with three former spies reveals: The UAE has activated crackers in the US]. news1.co.il (in Hebrew). September 15, 2021. Archived from the original on September 16, 2021. Retrieved September 15, 2021.

nytimes.com

"Ex-U.S. Intelligence Officers Admit to Hacking Crimes in Work for Emiratis".
"A New Age of Warfare: How Internet Mercenaries Do Battle for Authoritarian Governments". The New York Times. 2019-03-21. Retrieved 2019-03-22.
"Takeaways From The Times's Investigation Into Hackers for Hire". The New York Times. 2019-03-21. Retrieved 2019-03-22.
Mazzetti, Mark; Perlroth, Nicole; Bergman, Ronen (22 December 2019). "It Seemed Like a Popular Chat App. It's Secretly a Spy Tool". The New York Times.

orinocotribune.com

Macleod, Alan. "Exposed: How Israeli Spies Control Your VPN". Orinoco Tribune. Retrieved 25 September 2024.

phys.org

"UAE cyber firm DarkMatter slowly steps out of the shadows". phys.org.

politico.com

Weinberg, David Andrew (November 3, 2015). "Michelle's Dangerous Journey to Qatar: The First Lady preaches tolerance where only last week a sheik declared of Jews: 'Kill them completely.'". Politico. Retrieved September 15, 2021.

realclearpolitics.com

"Information War Led to Khashoggi's Murder | RealClearPolitics". www.realclearpolitics.com. Retrieved 2020-03-03.

reuters.com

"Emerging Gulf State cyber security powerhouse growing rapidly in..." reuters.com. 2 February 2018.
"Exclusive: Ex-NSA cyberspies reveal how they helped hack foes of UAE". Reuters.
Schectman, Joel; Bing, Christopher (10 December 2019). "White House Veterans Helped Gulf Monarchy Build Secret Surveillance Unit". Reuters.
Menn, Joseph; Schectman, Joel (15 December 2021). "U.S. lawmakers call for sanctions against Israel's NSO, other spyware firms". Reuters. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
"Ex-U.S. intel operatives who worked for UAE barred from arms exports, State Dept says". Reuters. 26 August 2022. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
Menn, Joseph. "ExpressVPN employees complain about ex-spy's top role at company". Reuters. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
Schectman, Joel; Bing, Christopher (30 January 2019). "UAE Used Cyber Super-Weapon to Spy on iPhones of Foes". Reuters. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
"Mozilla blocks UAE bid to become an internet security guardian after hacking reports". Reuters. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
"Google blocks websites certified by DarkMatter, after Reuters reports". Reuters. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
Schectman, Joel; Bing, Christopher (September 15, 2021). "Ex-U.S. intel operatives admit hacking American networks for UAE". Reuters. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
Bing, Christopher; Schectman, Joel (January 30, 2019). "Project Raven: Inside the UAE's secret hacking team of American mercenaries. Ex-NSA operatives reveal how they helped spy on targets for the Arab monarchy — dissidents, rival leaders and journalists". Reuters. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
Schectman, Joel; Bing, Christopher (January 22, 2020). "New U.S. law requires government to report risks of overseas activities by ex-spies". Reuters. Archived from the original on April 15, 2021. Retrieved September 18, 2021.

seattletimes.com

AP staff (November 2, 2015). "US first lady Michelle Obama arrives in Qatar for speech". Associated Press. Retrieved September 15, 2021 – via Seattle Times.

staradvertiser.com

"3 former U.S. officials charged in United Arab Emirates hacking scheme". Associated Press. September 14, 2021. Archived from the original on September 15, 2021. Retrieved September 15, 2021 – via Honolulu Star-Advertiser.

thedailyrecord.com

"Karl Gumtow". Maryland Daily Record. 2023-05-31. Retrieved 2024-03-22.

theguardian.com

"Saudi women's rights activist sues three ex-US intel operatives over hacking for UAE". The Guardian. 9 December 2021. Retrieved 9 December 2021.

theintercept.com

McLaughlin, Jenna (24 October 2016). "Featured News: Spies for Hire". The Intercept. Archived from the original on 12 June 2019.
McLaughlin, Jenna (2016-10-24). "Featured News: Spies for Hire". The Intercept. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
Biddle, Sam; Cole, Matthew (June 12, 2019). "Team of American Hackers and Emirati Spies Discussed Attacking The Intercept". The Intercept. Archived from the original on June 12, 2019. Retrieved September 18, 2021.

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Cimpanau, Catalin (September 14, 2021). "US fines former NSA employees who provided hacker-for-hire services to UAE". TheRecord.media. Retrieved September 15, 2021.

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Stock, Gary (September 21, 2001). "WTC Companies with phone numbers in the World Trade Center Towers". Gary Stock website. Archived from the original on September 15, 2021. Retrieved September 15, 2021 – via Southwestern Bell SMARTpages.

washingtoninstitute.org

"Will Qatar's Relationship with the Muslim Brotherhood Change after Gulf Reconciliation?".

washingtonpost.com

Craig Timberg; Michael Birnbaum; Drew Harwell; Dan Sabbagh (2021-07-20). "On the list: Ten prime ministers, three presidents and a king". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C. ISSN 0190-8286. OCLC 1330888409.
Hsu, Spencer (September 15, 2021). "Three former U.S. intelligence operatives admit to working as 'hackers-for-hire' for UAE". The Washington Post. Retrieved September 15, 2021.

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McLaughlin, Jenna (24 October 2016). "Featured News: Spies for Hire". The Intercept. Archived from the original on 12 June 2019.
"Alliance Business Centers Network: Corporate Identity Program". Alliance Business Centers Network website (abcn.com). August 13, 2001. Archived from the original on August 13, 2001. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
"Alliance Business Centers Network: ALLIANCE NETWORK - New York". Alliance Business Centers Network website (abcn.com). December 25, 2001. Archived from the original on December 25, 2001. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
Maragitelli, Simone (July 27, 2016). "How The United Arab Emirates Intelligence Tried to Hire me to Spy on its People". Archived from the original on 2016-07-27. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
McLaughlin, Jenna (December 21, 2017). "Deep Pockets, Deep Cover: The UAE Is paying Ex-CIA officers to build a spy empire in the Gulf". Foreign Policy. Archived from the original on September 19, 2021. Retrieved September 18, 2021.
Biddle, Sam; Cole, Matthew (June 12, 2019). "Team of American Hackers and Emirati Spies Discussed Attacking The Intercept". The Intercept. Archived from the original on June 12, 2019. Retrieved September 18, 2021.
Schectman, Joel; Bing, Christopher (January 22, 2020). "New U.S. law requires government to report risks of overseas activities by ex-spies". Reuters. Archived from the original on April 15, 2021. Retrieved September 18, 2021.
Riley, Tonya (September 14, 2021). "Former US intelligence operatives charged with helping UAE hack rivals, Americans". cyberscoop.com. Archived from the original on September 17, 2021. Retrieved September 14, 2021.

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Ziv, Amitai [in Hebrew] (16 October 2019). "Mysterious UAE Cyber Firm Luring ex-Israeli Intel Officers With Astronomical Salaries". Haaretz.
"הסדר טיעון עם שלושה אנשי ביון לשעבר מגלה: איחוד האמירויות הפעיל פצחנים בארה"ב" [A plea deal with three former spies reveals: The UAE has activated crackers in the US]. news1.co.il (in Hebrew). September 15, 2021. Archived from the original on September 16, 2021. Retrieved September 15, 2021.

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CyberPoint Inc. occupied suite 7967, which was a virtual office space with nineteen other companies, in the World Trade Center North Tower (also called 1 Tower or the old One World Trade Center) through the firm Alliance Business Centers / International Office Centers Corporation which was established in 1992 by its CEO Frank Cottle.^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]

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Craig Timberg; Michael Birnbaum; Drew Harwell; Dan Sabbagh (2021-07-20). "On the list: Ten prime ministers, three presidents and a king". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C. ISSN 0190-8286. OCLC 1330888409.

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Snowden, Edward. Twitter https://x.com/Snowden/status/1438291654239215619. Retrieved 25 September 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)