HB Gary
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| Industry |
Computer software Computer security |
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| Fate | Bought out |
| Founded | 2003 |
| Founder | Greg Hoglund |
| Headquarters | Offices in Sacramento, California, Washington, D.C., and Bethesda, Maryland. |
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Key people
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Greg Hoglund (Founder & CEO) Penny Leavy (President) Aaron Barr (Former CEO of HBGary Federal) |
| Website | HBGary Inc. |
HBGary is a subsidiary company of ManTech International, focused on technology security. In the past, two distinct but affiliated firms had carried the HBGary name: HBGary Federal, which sold its products to the US Federal Government, and HBGary, Inc. Its other clients included information assurance companies, computer emergency response teams, and computer forensic investigators. On February 29, 2012, HBGary, Inc. announced it had been acquired by IT services firm ManTech International. At the same time, HBGary Federal was reported to be closed.
The company was founded by Greg Hoglund in 2003. In 2008, it joined the McAfee Security Innovation Alliance. The CEO made presentations at the Black Hat Briefings, the RSA Conference, and other computer security conferences. HBGary also analyzed the GhostNet and Operation Aurora events. As of 2010, it had offices in Sacramento, California, Washington, D.C., and Bethesda, Maryland.
HBGary Federal had been set up with Aaron Barr as CEO instead of Hoglund to provide services and tools to the US government, which might require security clearance. As HBGary Federal could not meet revenue projections, in early 2011 negotiations about the sale of HBGary Federal were in progress with two interested companies.
HBGary was acquired by ManTech International in February 2012.
In 2010, Aaron Barr, CEO of HBGary Federal, alleged that he could exploit social media to gather information about hackers.
In early 2011, Barr claimed to have used his techniques to infiltrate Anonymous, partly by using IRC, Facebook, Twitter, and by social engineering. His e-mails depict his intention to release information on the identities of Anonymous members at the B-Sides conference and to sell it to possible clients, including the FBI. In the e-mails, Barr explained that he identified his list of suspected Anonymous "members" by tracing connections through social media, while his main programmer criticized this methodology. In a communiqué, Anonymous denied association with the individuals that Barr named.
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