Publisher: The Intercept
Date Published: September 21, 2021
Verification Status: Verified
Notes: Investigation into a Michigan State Police contract with ShadowDragon (SocialNet, OIMonitor) running on the Kaseware platform, partnered with Microsoft Azure. Covers OSINT scraping across 120+ platforms, dark web monitoring, predictive-policing capability in Kaseware, and $3.29M total contract value over 5 years. Contract redacted by the state; obtained via FOIA by a Wayne State professor.