Some of the blocked repositories were owned by CyanogenMod, Sony Mobile and even one of Qualcomm's own repositories leading to speculation that the notices have been automatically generated and poorly checked. On 5 July 2014, Qualcomm retracted all of the takedown notices, apologized and will be reviewing all the files. References Further reading ACLU article: "Secret Service farms out its internet monitoring to a private British firm" Department of Homeland Security's Privacy Impact Statement on the United States Secret Service Cyber Awareness Program (Cyveillance) CNET article on Microsoft-Cyveillance partnership BusinessWeek corporate overview Who Is Cyveillance And Why Should You Care? Cyveillance activity on Judicial corruption site Corporate web abuse: The worst offenders from Cyveillance to PicScout includes Cyveillance' netblocks External links Official website Computer security companies Companies based in Fairfax County, Virginia Qinetiq 2009 mergers and acquisitions American subsidiaries of foreign companies