Udi Levy (Cobwebs Technologies)
Israeli OSINT executive; co-founder and former CEO of Cobwebs Technologies
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- Not to be confused with Ehud Levi, the former Israeli counter-terror finance official (the plain title Udi Levy redirects there).
Udi Levy is an Israeli technology executive. He co-founded Cobwebs Technologies, an open-source / web intelligence (OSINT) company, and served as its chief executive. Globes and Ctech describe the founders — Levy, Shay Attias and Omri Timianker — as graduates of IDF intelligence or special units.[1][2]
Cobwebs and Meta
In December 2021 Meta suspended accounts linked to Cobwebs among seven "cyber-mercenary" firms. Meta said Cobwebs sold a platform for reconnaissance across the internet including Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Twitter and the dark web, and that customer accounts engaged in social engineering; it identified customers in countries including Bangladesh, Hong Kong, the United States, Mexico and Saudi Arabia, and "frequent targeting of activists, opposition politicians and government officials in Hong Kong and Mexico."[3] Levy told Globes the Meta period was challenging but that the company "proved that we had nothing to hide."[1]
Sale to Spire / PenLink
In July 2023 US private equity firm Spire Capital acquired Cobwebs for an estimated $200–250 million; Cobwebs was joined with PenLink. Levy was quoted as CEO and co-founder on the acquisition announcement.[1][4]
See also
- Cobwebs Technologies
- Ehud Levi
- Shay Attias
- Omri Timianker
- Bluehawk CI
- Cyber and tech firms founded by ex Unit 8200 or occupation forces veterans
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Globes, Spire Capital buys Israeli web intelligence co Cobwebs, Globes, 11 July 2023.
- ↑ Web intelligence startup Cobwebs acquired for $200 million by private equity firm Spi, Ctech.
- ↑ Catalin Cimpanu, Facebook takes down accounts for seven "cyber-mercenary" firms, The Record, 16 December 2021.
- ↑ Cobwebs Technologies Joins PenLink to Expand Its Digital Investigative Platform, Spire Capital, 12 July 2023.