Security News > 2020 > December > Goldman Sachs Buys Anti-Bot Startup White Ops
Fraud and bot-detection specialists White Ops has been acquired by the Goldman Sachs merchant banking division in partnership with investment firms ClearSky Security and NightDragon.
Based in New York City, White Ops protects businesses and online e-commerce platforms from sophisticated bots that disrupt and hijack trillions of transactions globally.
White Ops said it grew its customer base by 40 percent in 2020 and plans to ramp up spending on expanding to new markets.
The bots involved in the attacks were hidden "Within the limited signal and transparency of server side ad insertion backed video ad impressions," White Ops disclosed.
White Ops discovered that "66% of programmatic CTV-related SSAI traffic and 15% of programmatic mobile-related SSAI traffic" was part of this operation in January 2020.