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Layer3 Intel and Synthient detected persistent proxy activity originating from the Executive Office of the President's internet address range (AS2650) between October and November. The proxies were running Infatica, a service bundled into free applications. The company's founder owns King Servers, which previously hosted infrastructure used by Russian state security to compromise election databases in Arizona and Illinois in 2016.
Key points
- Residential proxy services detected running on White House network devices
- Infatica proxy activity linked to Russian founder with history in election infrastructure compromise
- 236 proxy exit connections traced from AS2650 during monitoring period
- Proxies typically bundled into free applications to monetize user bandwidth
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