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Why Is The US Using Russian Hacking Tools?
Published 3 days, 9 hours ago
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Here is all of the reference I material I used for this segment. Feel free to read on this yourself!
-Oxygen leadership pages:
https://www.oxygenforensics.com/en/company/team/
https://www.oxygenforensics.com/news/note-from-ceo/)
-Oxygen Forensics, Inc. Alexandria, VA address (company site):
https://www.oxygenforensics.com/en/subscribe-to-newsletter/
-Privacy policy repeats address: https://www.oxygenforensics.com/en/privacy-policy/
-OpenCorporates listing): https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_va/07613078
-EPIC ICE FOIA request (mobile forensic contracts incl. Oxygen):
https://epic.org/wp-content/uploads/foia/dhs/ice/mobile-forensics/EPIC-17-06-13-ICE-FOIA-20170613-Request.pdf
-DHS test results for Oxygen Forensic Detective (tool validation context):
https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/2025-05/25_0501_st_test_results_for_mobile_device_acquisition_tool_oxygen_forensic_detective_v17.1.0.131.pdf
-Access Now report tying Oxygen Forensics to its parent company Oxygen Software and Central Asia reseller marketing:
https://www.accessnow.org/cms/assets/uploads/archive/docs/Commonwealth_of_Surveillance_States_ENG_1.pdf
-Oxygen's list of Resellers, many of whom are in authoritarian nations:
https://www.oxygenforensics.com/company/resellers/
-Forbes 2017 on Oxygen's "distance from Russian connections” framing:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2017/08/30/russian-hackers-help-us-with-encryption-nightmare/
-Oxygen's "Reflecting on 25 years of Oxygen Forensics Innovation" article. Note there is no mention of Russian origins.
https://www.oxygenforensics.com/resources/25-years-of-innovation/
-Forbes 2023 lawsuit information describing Oxygen as founded by two Russian entrepreneurs:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2023/12/04/russian-hacker-lawsuit-exposes-flaws-in-apples-ios-16/
-Oxygen's explanation for its cloud and Android extraction capabilities and training:
https://www.oxygenforensics.com/training/events/ofce-on-demand/
https://www.oxygenforensics.com/resources/android-agent/