{"id":50825,"date":"2021-10-07T13:17:21","date_gmt":"2021-10-07T10:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=50825"},"modified":"2025-09-02T20:24:56","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T17:24:56","slug":"chainalysis-to-acquire-excygent-a-firm-focused-on-cybercrime-investigations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/chainalysis-to-acquire-excygent-a-firm-focused-on-cybercrime-investigations\/","title":{"rendered":"Chainalysis to acquire Excygent, a firm focused on cybercrime investigations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The blockchain-analytics company Chainalysis announced the acquisition of Excygent, a firm that provides government agencies with services related to cybercrime investigations and data processing.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We are thrilled to announce that Chainalysis has acquired Excygent, a specialized professional services firm that assists government agencies with cybercrime investigations, data processing, and lead generation. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1J7hCmLrM1\">https:\/\/t.co\/1J7hCmLrM1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chainalysis (@chainalysis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chainalysis\/status\/1445376600632139787?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 5, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The parties did not disclose the financial terms of the deal.<\/p>\n<p>According to a press release, Chainalysis has worked with Excygent on several high-profile investigations, including those related to the now-defunct <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/u-s-authorities-seize-silk-road%e2%80%91linked-bitcoin-worth-more-than-1-billion-69370-btc\">darknet marketplace Silk Road<\/a> and a cascade of breaches of verified Twitter accounts in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Excygent staff will join Chainalysis&#8217;s investigations team that analyzes on-chain data for government agencies. In particular, they will help track payments to ransomware operators.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;Tracking ransomware payments flows on the blockchain allows law enforcement to identify and dismantle ransomware operators. No matter how paradoxical it may sound, the criminals&#8217; choice to use cryptocurrency when committing crimes can make the job easier for investigators,&#8221; said Chainalysis head Michael Gronager in a conversation with <a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/chainalysis-acquires-cybercrime-investigative-firm-excygent-in-fight-against-ransomware-attacks\">Cointelegraph<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This is the company&#8217;s first acquisition after its Series E funding round, during which it was valued at <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/chainalysis-valuation-hits-4-2-billion-after-new-funding-round\">$4.2 billion<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in September, <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/leaked-slides-reveal-chainalysis-investigators-methods\">disclosed some tools<\/a> used by Chainalysis to collect information about cryptocurrency transactions and users.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The blockchain analytics company Chainalysis announced the acquisition of Excygent, which provides government agencies with services related to cybercrime investigations and data processing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":50826,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[274,1235],"class_list":["post-50825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-chainalysis","tag-mergers-and-acquisitions"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"12","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50825"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50825\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50827,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50825\/revisions\/50827"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}