DarkTrace: A Controversial View
January 6, 2021
I spotted that a post about Darktrace had been removed from Reddit. I became curious because the comment thread was on Reddit when I checked today (January 4, 2021). I located the original Darktrace post on the Archive.org site at this link. This content may be disappeared, and some of the points run counter to the rah rah write ups about the company. Here are some of the factoids and assertions which caught my attention:
- A Darktrace initial public offering is likely to take place in the near future
- 10 members of the Darktrace executive team allegedly had ties to Autonomy, the search and content management vendor acquired by HP
- Michael Lynch is part of an investment firm which funded Darktrace
- Goldman Sachs snubbed the Darktrace float.
None of the information in the Reddit post struck me as controversial. The data appear to come from a variety of open sources, including the Darktrace Web site, news reports, LinkedIn biographies, and public documents.
Why did I chase down the original post? The removal of the information from the threat sparked a number of interesting Reddit comments about Darktrace, the company’s business tactics, and the cyber security sector.
With the SolarWinds’ misstep still in the news cycle, it strikes me that cyber security related posts provide additional color about the products and services some of the higher profile vendors are offering.
Reddit obviously does not agree.
Stephen E Arnold, January 6, 2021
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