How Data Brokers Sell Access to the Backbone of the Internet – ISPs are quietly distributing ‘netflow’ data that can, among other things, trace traffic through VPNs
There's something of an open secret in the cybersecurity world: internet service providers quietly give away detailed information about which computer is communicating with another to private businesses, which then sells access to that data to a range of third parties, according to multiple sources in the threat intelligence industry.The information, known as netflow data,...
