Censys Inc, vendor of the popular Censys internet-mapping tool, has revealed that state-based actors are trying to abuse its services by hiding behind academic researchers.

Censys started life in 2015 as an academic project that aimed to scan the internet and provide data to the research community. In 2017 the project formed a company that now provides a comprehensive map of the internet that it says can help cyber-defenders to find threats and respond before they create a problem.

Universities are being used to proxy offensive government operations, turning research access decisions political

The company continues to provide data to researchers, but in a paper [PDF] it will present at the SIGCOMM conference next week, admits “Equitably operating a research program is more challenging t

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