GumGum Says It Left Discover-Tech's Family Tree a Decade Ago. It Didn't Say Which Branch.
GumGum says it does not work with Discover-Tech or its predecessors, and ended its one partnership in that family nearly a decade ago. Discover-Tech was not founded until March 2020, so GumGum's partner was almost certainly MyDSP, the platform that became Discover-Tech while keeping the same Google ID, domains and integrations, and that still listed GumGum among 13 connections in its code.
Read the full investigation on ADOTAT →Key findings
- Google buyer records show ad provider ID 3036 switching from MarketDSP to Discover-Tech Ltd on July 31, 2020, with the same domains.
- Citizen Lab says Discover-Tech ads delivered Candiru spyware to at least 45 Al Jazeera devices in 2024 and 2025.
- BIS told ADOTAT a front for a listed company may be a violation, but declined to say if Integrity Labs is covered.
- Candiru is on the Entity List; Integrity Labs, which took over its operations for about $30 million, is not.
- The Entity List governs exports of items, and BIS did not address whether an ad auction falls under it.
On the record
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