It's a long shot but I think I may have come across (at least one of) the shills. Anyone remember @djwolfff who was threatening Shadow Brokers this summer over the NSA hack? His Twitter linked company page is: spiresolutions.com and their latest news blog was:
"FLASHPOINT GLOBAL CHANNEL PROGRAM EMPOWERS PARTNERS TO ACCELERATE REVENUE WITH BUSINESS RISK INTELLIGENCE"
Here's the "about" text from the site:
"About Flashpoint
Flashpoint delivers Business Risk Intelligence (BRI) to empower business units and functions across organizations with a decision advantage over potential threats and adversaries. The company’s sophisticated technology and human-powered analysis enable enterprises and public sector organizations globally to bolster cybersecurity, confront fraud, detect insider threats, enhance physical security, assess M&A opportunities, and address vendor risk and supply chain integrity. Flashpoint is backed by Georgian Partners, Greycroft Partners, TechOperators, K2 Intelligence, Jump Capital, Leaders Fund, Bloomberg Beta, and Cisco Investments. For more information, visit www.flashpoint-intel.com or follow us on Twitter at @FlashpointIntel."
Sounds like this kind of shillery is what they specialize in.? I tweeted about it too, just in case I get raked over the coals for being a shill for calling out a shill... tweet attached just in case :)