Who is tweeting from the NSA's parking lot?

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http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9232476/Who_is_tweeting_from_the_NSA_39_s_parking_lot_

By Jeremy Kirk
IDG News Service
October 17, 2012

 From Google Maps, the U.S. National Security Agency's parking lot has a 
larger footprint than the building itself. And for the high secrecy 
surrounding what goes on inside, there is plenty of information flowing 
just outside.

In a demonstration on Wednesday at the Breakpoint security conference, 
Roelof Temmingh, who founded the company Paterva, showed how his 
company's application, called Maltego, can scoop up scattered online 
clues, quickly providing an insightful picture of individuals or 
organizations.

What Maltego does is quickly and succinctly draws on public data sources 
to put together a graphical digital footprint. Temmingh and four people 
developed Maltego, a made-up name with no special meaning, from a 
converted 105-year-old barn in South Africa.

Before his demonstration, Temmingh stressed that all of the information 
collected by Maltego is from public sources.

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