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Evolv Technology Rejects IPVM’s Deceptive and Dangerous Articles
WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Evolv Technology (NASDAQ: EVLV), the leading security technology company pioneering AI-based weapons detection to create
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[{"type":"text","content":" WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nEvolv Technology (NASDAQ: EVLV), the leading security technology company pioneering AI-based weapons detection to create safer experiences, today published this open letter to publication IPVM addressing concerns that IPVM’s continuous stream of articles on the Company is not only deceptive, but could pose a danger to the public.\n\n\nSince 2021, IPVM has published approximately 100 articles featuring or referencing Evolv, which are almost uniformly negative in tone. During that same timeframe, Evolv has noted that IPVM seems to have focused less on other companies in the weapons detection industry. Evolv has concerns about IPVM’s inaccurate and misleading coverage. Evolv is also concerned about the public safety implications of IPVM’s distorted coverage and release of sensitive security information (SSI), which can potentially provide a roadmap to bad actors on how to circumvent a security system. Evolv’s position is that IPVM is not only biased towards the selective use of misinformation, but also does not reflect subject matter expertise in the physical security industry or advance public safety priorities.\n\n\nThe Evolv standard of excellence is consistently tested through its broad client base and expectations of its Security Advisory Board. The Board includes senior leaders who have served at the highest levels of their profession in national security, law enforcement and the United States military. The Security Advisory Board has carefully examined IPVM statements regarding Evolv Technology systems and concludes that IPVM has consistently misrepresented product effectiveness and is irresponsible in their reporting. Their statement is here.\n\n\nAs the following example demonstrates, history is filled with examples of how bad actors seek out and exploit sensitive information about security systems they must confront.\n\n\n“We saw this in the real world on Christmas day 2009, when Al-Qaeda sent Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab from Brussels to Detroit with a hidden non-metallic IED. They knew that there was no detection for non-metallic bombs in most airport security protocols, and discovered this vulnerability through online research,” said John Pistole, former United States deputy director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.\n\n\nIPVM motives in targeting Evolv are unknown, but clearly no...