OSINT and Social Media Investigations
Most of what matters online never shows up in a search engine. We collect, verify and preserve open-source and social media evidence, before it disappears.
The capability
Open-source intelligence is the systematic collection and analysis of publicly available information, connected into a picture no single source shows on its own. Search engines index only around 4% of the internet: most of what is useful, and an estimated 90% of actionable intelligence, comes from the rest.
Public records and open sources
Business filings, court records, real estate data, property and licensing records, news coverage and archives, specialized databases and the unindexed web. The skill isn’t access: most of this is technically available to anyone. It’s knowing where to look, how to verify what’s found, and how to connect points that don’t look related until they are.
Social media
Often the fastest-moving and most perishable evidence in a case: posts, tags and activity that can disappear within hours. We document and preserve time-sensitive activity as it happens, and offer ongoing monitoring where a case calls for it rather than a single snapshot.
What you receive
Everything collected is verified against independent sources and preserved in a form that documents when and where it was found, because online evidence is only worth what its provenance can prove. Delivered as a sourced record built for court, counsel, HR or an insurer.
When it fits
Pre-employment and vendor due diligence. Insurance claim verification. Competitive and reputational risk monitoring. Corroborating, or disproving, an internal fraud suspicion before it escalates to a formal investigation.
OSINT can’t produce something that was never posted, filed or said online: it draws only on what’s public, or was public at some point. Where the evidence has to come from watching someone directly, that’s surveillance work, not open-source work.
Related services
- Background Checks Employment, tenancy, relationship and due-diligence screening built on verified records.
- Digital Forensics and Recovery Forensically sound recovery and analysis of computers, phones, drives and vehicles.
- Covert Surveillance Unseen observation with timestamped video and detailed logs that stand up in court.
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Every case starts with a free, confidential consultation and a written scope before any work begins.