FBI Agents Raid Carahsoft Technology HQ Near D.C. — Major Cybersecurity Contractor with Ties to Google, Crowdstrike, Microsoft, Oracle, and U.S. Agencies
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Federal agents from the FBI and the Defense Criminal Investigative Service (DCIS) raided the headquarters of Carahsoft Technology Corp. in Reston, Virginia, on Tuesday.
Carahsoft is known as “The Trusted Public Sector IT Solutions Provider,” specializing in supporting Federal, State, and Local Government agencies, as well as Education and Healthcare sectors.
Founded in 2004, the company’s primary focus is on selling IT hardware, software, and related services to government entities.
It has longstanding ties with tech giants such as Google, Microsoft, Crowdstrike, Oracle, and more.
Eyewitnesses reported federal agents, including members of the FBI and Defense Criminal Investigative Service (DCIS), entering Carahsoft’s offices early Tuesday morning, seizing documents and computers.
The federal action was first reported by NextGov, with additional details coming from John Weiler, CEO of the IT-Acquisition Advisory Council, who confirmed the operation based on insider information.
Mary Lange, a representative for Carahsoft, confirmed that agents from the Department of Justice (DoJ) were at the office as part of an investigation but declined to provide specific details, according to Bloomberg.
“Representatives from the Department of Justice came to the Carahsoft office today as they are conducting an investigation into a company in which Carahsoft has done business in the past,” said Lange.
“Carahsoft is fully cooperating on this matter. We are operating business as usual,” she added,
While the FBI declined to elaborate, a spokesperson confirmed the agency’s “court-authorized law enforcement activity” at the Reston office Continue…