I'm an investigative reporter and was asked by a friend in the technology field to check into this Plano-based technology firm that claims to have "unbreakable" data encryption products. Here's what I've discovered:
On Asier's website, the officers are listed as "Patrick Robinson", "Terry Jonker", and "Kevin Henson". There is no mention of a "Durward Dupre" who is the defacto CEO of Asier Technology Corporation and is an attorney (red flag).
I performed a search within court records of Collin County District court, case # Case Number: 219-01829-03 where David P. Pfeil, et al attempted to sue Asier on the grounds of misrepresentation. Court records indicate Asier settled the matter by paying Pfeil in excess of $400,000 USD and went about their business (major red flag).
My industry insiders, who have interacted with Asier in the past, tell a twisted tale of deception & conspiracy by Asier in an effort to obtain funding for their troubled company. Asier claims they have an electronic version of the German Tablet Code, of WWII vintage in the form of a software development kit (SDK) that they want to license. They spoke of various patents-pending, US Dept. Of Defense grants and pending contracts with various government agencies "in the very near future". Our research as indicated that these claims are entirely false. As it stands, Asier will never be able to obtain a patent on this technology because those rights are already held in Europe. My sources have told me that Asier's cipher has been broken under laboratory conditons and when decompiled, the Asier cipher was merely a "bit-shifting" piece of code embedded in an old version of a 128-bit cipher that was in use a few years ago. They also tested an Asier email program called "Digital Courier", or "AsierDC". This application turned out to use the commonly used DES encryption method and suffered from memory leaks. This is not what they would call "cutting-edge" technology.
Asier's website claims to have several projects going under the tutelage of the U.S. Government. So far as is known, Asier has submitted grant applications with various agencies, but NO government contracts have been obtained by Asier as of this writing.
On a final note, be advised that when you visit Asier's website, there is embedded with in the HTML trojans, spyware & malware. My opinion of Asier is that of a snakeoil company of the 19th century. Stay tuned... The investigation continues with the Texas Attorney General.
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