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What's your "TQ"?(Insider Report)
That's "terrorism quotient"--also known as "High Terrorism Factor," or HTF. The AP reported on May 20 that Seisint, a federal contractor employed by the Bush administration to develop the Multistate Anti-Terrorism Information Exchange (MATRIX), "turned over to U.S. and Florida authorities the names of 120,000 people who showed a statistical likelihood of being terrorists--sparking some investigations and arrests."
After 9-11, Seisint used a scoring algorithm to trawl through personal data collected on millions of people to identify those displaying HTF. The system was based on "reverse engineering an unnamed 'Terrorist Handbook' that reveals how terrorists 'penetrate and live in our society.' The scoring incorporated such factors as age, gender, ethnicity, credit history, 'investigational data,' information about pilot and drivers licenses, and connections to 'dirty' addresses known to have been used by other suspects."
Seisint turned over 120,000 names with the highest scores to the Immigration and Naturalization Service, FBI, Secret Service and Florida state police. Of those with the 80 highest scores, five were among the 9-11 hijackers.
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- Information databases aid investigators.(Up front: news, trends &...
- Magazine article from: Information Management Journal November 1, 2003 700+ words
...AntiTerrorism Information Exchange (MATRIX)--that may prove to be...criminals and ordinary Americans. MATRIX will enable investigators to...radius of a suspicious event. Seisint Inc., a Boca Raton, Florida...and individual privacy, but MATRIX developers say it relies on...
- LexisNexis buys counterterror software maker Seisint for $775 million.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News July 16, 2004 700+ words
...and "drug" brings up about 100 articles. A Seisint database tool called Matrix has grabbed the attention of the Bush administration...The tools and technologies that were developed by Seisint because of 9-11 should prove to be invaluable...
- Seisint Announces Dale Pickford as Chief Technology Officer.
- Press release article from: Business Wire March 21, 2001 700+ words
...Gap(SM) and Mounting Data Complexity Seisint, a global information management and technology...Dale is an extremely valuable addition to Seisint's executive management team," said Dale Renner, Seisint's President and CEO. "His leadership...
- Equifax and Seisint to Deliver Breakthrough Advantage For Credit Marketing...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire June 11, 2001 700+ words
...leader in information management, and Seisint Inc., a global technology company...dramatically the credit marketing industry. Seisint's innovative new technology platform...their own market needs through Equifax." Seisint provides the first supercomputer that...
- Accenture and Seisint Form Strategic Alliance to Help Organizations Unlock the...
- Press release article from: Business Wire February 28, 2001 700+ words
...technology consulting organization, and Seisint Inc., a global information management...with the market-leading technology of Seisint, formerly known as eData.com. Together...business performance. While Accenture and Seisint will provide global solutions to clients...
- New Seisint Study Reveals That Most Companies Cannot Effectively Access Their...
- Press release article from: Business Wire May 22, 2001 700+ words
...According to a recent survey conducted by Seisint Inc., a global information management...accumulated data effectively, a phenomenon that Seisint has identified as the "Data Gap(SM...Internet Analytics at Aberdeen Group. "Seisint's technology helps enterprises analyze...
- Internet Clearinghouse and Seisint Introduce First Age Verification Product for...
- Press release article from: Business Wire August 13, 2001 700+ words
...partnership between Internet Clearinghouse and Seisint, a global information management and technology company. Seisint will provide the infrastructure that will...of a customer. AgeTrust will leverage Seisint's proprietary technology for processing...
- Probe of Seisint data theft points toward Minn., Calif.
- News wire article from: Palm Beach Post (West Palm Beach, FL) May 20, 2005 700+ words
...000 Americans from Boca Raton-based Seisint Inc. narrowed this week to a group of...sources say hackers apparently sneaked into Seisint's database using customer accounts of...LexisNexis," Mann said, referring to Seisint's parent company, Dayton, Ohio-based...
- Hunton & Williams Negotiates $775 Million Sale of Boca Raton-Based Seisint,...
- Press release article from: Business Wire July 20, 2004 700+ words
...the State of Florida Boca Raton-based Seisint, Inc., a client of Hunton & Williams...which Hunton & Williams has advised Seisint on corporate matters, capital growth...development. "After serving as counsel for Seisint for several years, it has been rewarding...
- Seisint Launches Accurint: Breakthrough Technology Product to Speed the Search...
- Press release article from: Business Wire June 25, 2001 700+ words
...for Missing & Exploited Children Seisint, Inc., a global information management...crime in general. At the same time, Seisint announced that it will be donating unlimited...in Washington, D.C. Consistent with Seisint's mission to provide organizations with...
Source: HighBeam Research, What's your "TQ"?(Insider Report)