Charles DeBarber

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Charles DeBarber
Born
Ashtabula, Ohio
OccupationCyber intelligence Analyst/Victim Advocate
Years active2004–present
Known for Hunted
Website Official Twitter

Charles "Fox" DeBarber is an American cyber threat intelligence and tech victim advocate, best known for his role as a cyber intelligence analyst on the CBS television series Hunted. He is a former United States Army analyst and is the Director of Operations at the non-consensual sexual abuse material (NCSAM) victim advocacy organization Phoenix AI. [1] [2] [3]

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Education

DeBarber completed his MA in Intelligence Operations from American Military University in 2011 and graduated from the Defense Language Institute where he studied Modern Standard Arabic. [4]

Career

DeBarber served in the US Army as a 35N (Signals Intelligence Collector/Analyst) from 2004 to 2013. During that time he completed one deployment during the surge of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He was awarded an Army Achievement Medal for his part in the recovery of the remains of a DUSTWUN soldier in 2008. [5] [4] During his service, he was awarded two Army Achievement Medals, an Army Commendation Medal, Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal, Iraqi Campaign Medal, and two Meritorious Unit Commendations. [6] [3]

Since leaving the military, DeBarber has worked as a Certified Ethical Hacker, cyber intelligence analyst, and digital forensics investigator. He began working with survivors of NCSAM in 2015. He co-founded the tech development firm Phoenix AI in 2021 that develops curation tools, automation, and artificial intelligence (AI) to collect, de-index, and purge NCSAM. [7]

In 2016, he was chosen as a Cyber Analyst and lead Digital Forensics Examiner on CBS's reality television show Hunted. He was featured in the episode "Operation Cupid's Revenge". [8] [9]

Mr. DeBarber testified in the 2019 civil trial against the defunct GirlsDoPorn sex trafficking ring. [10]

He appeared before the Canadian House of Commons on June 7, 2021, and criticized PornHub's role in failing to impede the spread of NCSAM for over a decade. [11]

Non-profit work

Since 2015, DeBarber has sat on the advisory board for the anti-child sex trafficking NGO Child Rescue and has assisted similar NGOs in efforts to recover lost children and combat child exploitation. [3]

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  4. 1 2 "US Army DD-214". April 17, 2017. Retrieved May 17, 2017.
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  8. ↑ "Hunted Cast: Charles DeBarber". CBS . November 25, 2017. Retrieved May 17, 2017.
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  10. ↑ Jane Doe No 23 vs GirlsDoPorn.com(Superior Court of California, County of San DiegoFebruary 18, 2021).
  11. ↑ House of Commons. "ETHI COMMITTEE MEETING".
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