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Altegrity's collapse: how USIS brought Kroll and HireRight down with it

Weighed down by debts, the private security group Altegrity, which owns the corporate intelligence firm Kroll and the vetting companies Hireright and USIS, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on February 8. Beyond its difficulties in the wake of the botched [...] (534 words)

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Helping OPM recover from hack attack

$30 million fine for USIS

Kroll, Root9B hit by short sell trend

Mark Simmonds joins Kroll

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Rossmann, ex-CIA, joins FireEye

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Kroll on its own again

Altegrity spins off business units

Snowden affair hits Altegrity

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