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OSINT Investigation Services

OSINT investigations to verify online identities, trace anonymous harassment, and map your digital exposure. Lawful methods, court-ready evidence collection.

What this service does

OSINT — open-source intelligence — is a plain idea behind a technical name: we find out who someone really is, and what is exposed about you, using only information that is already public.

Who is actually behind that account, profile, or message? What can a stranger learn about you or your family online?

We answer those questions with documented, lawful methods — public records, social and business footprints, image and infrastructure analysis — and hand you a report you can act on.

Lawful methods only. We do not hack, impersonate, or touch any account without authorization — everything we use is publicly accessible. If a matter needs field work or a licensed private investigator, we say so and coordinate the referral.

For harassment and stalking attribution — finding out who is behind anonymous abuse — we screen every intake to confirm a lawful, legitimate purpose before we begin. We help the person being targeted identify their harasser; we do not help anyone locate, monitor, or surveil another person against their will.

Once you know what is out there, the next step is reducing it: our privacy and exposure services turn an exposure map into an ongoing clean-up plan, and where a matter needs court-ready evidence we run it through digital forensics for individuals.

Locate work belongs with licensed investigators — see the missing persons investigator referral and the skip tracing and locate referral — as does deep vetting via the licensed-PI background investigation referral. Principal-side risk work runs through executive threat assessment.

Engagements are confidential and structured to begin within 48 hours of the consultation.

Some service tracks are offered at a fixed fee; complex investigations are billed hourlywith a clear scope, milestone updates, and a cap agreed up front.

Quinn (Founder and CEO) oversees every engagement and reviews every case before findings leave the practice; the practitioner team executes the technical work under her methodology.

What this means for you

How an engagement begins

  1. Confidential consultation. NDA-protected. 30-60 minutes. Direct conversation, no sales process.
  2. Scoped engagement. Written proposal with defined deliverables and pricing — fixed fee where it applies, hourly with milestone caps for open-ended investigations.
  3. Investigation and findings. Court-admissible standards. Written report you can act on.

Why this work matters

OSINT investigation services cover what modern cases actually need: identity verification, harassment attribution, and exposure mapping — using lawful, documented methods.

Quinn holds 9 active certifications across GIAC — methodology trusted by Fortune 50 enterprises,defense contractors, and the attorneys who refer to us.

Meet Your Practitioner

Quinnlan Varcoe

Founder & CEO

GIAC-certified · 9 industry certifications

With operational experience across Fortune 50 security programs and the defense industrial base, Quinnlan founded SleuthX in 2022 to provide clients with the caliber of expertise typically reserved for the largest enterprises. Her work in threat intelligence and digital forensics has earned the trust of 26,000+ cybersecurity professionals who follow her analysis.

“26,000 professionals follow my work because I say what others won't — and I can back it up technically.”

Fortune 50 BackgroundDefense IndustryThreat IntelligenceDigital PrivacyIncident Response
Quinnlan Varcoe, Founder & CEO

How We Work

A confidential, structured engagement.

01

Confidential Consultation

A direct conversation with Quinn, the founder and CEO who oversees every engagement. NDA-protected. No sales process.

02

Scoped Engagement

A clear written proposal with defined deliverables, timeline, and pricing. No hidden costs.

03

Investigation and Findings

Forensic work conducted to court-admissible standards, with regular communication and a written summary you can act on.

Certified Expertise

GIAC

Frequently asked about OSINT investigations

What is OSINT and what can you actually find?
OSINT (Open Source Intelligence) is the systematic collection and analysis of publicly available information — social media, public records, court filings, business registrations, news, image and video archives, dark-web forums, and structured data sources. Findable: identity verification, alias linking, employment and address history, business affiliations, social network mapping, behavioral patterns, threat indicators, and infrastructure ownership for online accounts. Constraints: we use lawful sources only — no hacking, no impersonation, no unauthorized account access.
Is OSINT investigation legal?
Yes when conducted properly. OSINT relies entirely on publicly accessible information accessed through lawful methods. The practice does not engage in pretexting, impersonation of law enforcement, unauthorized account access, hacking, or any technique that would violate state PI licensing rules, federal CFAA, or state computer-crime statutes. Where a Florida private-investigator license is required for the deliverable (certain pre-employment investigations, surveillance components, or specific evidentiary chains), SleuthX coordinates that work through its licensed-investigator partner network. Court testimony on the digital-forensics work product is delivered by Quinn under her credentialed-examiner qualification (Daubert and Frye), which is distinct from PI licensure.
How is OSINT different from hiring a private investigator?
Significant overlap, different specializations. Traditional PIs are strong on physical surveillance, in-person interviews, and field investigation. OSINT specialists are strong on digital-evidence collection, social-network analysis, large-data correlation, and infrastructure tracing — which is most of what modern investigations require. Many cases benefit from both; we partner with licensed PIs in Florida and elsewhere when an engagement requires field work alongside our digital analysis.
Who hires you for OSINT?
Attorneys (pre-litigation diligence, asset tracing, witness vetting, deposition preparation), corporate clients (pre-employment senior-hire investigation, M&A target due diligence, IP-theft suspect investigation, fraud investigation), individuals (identity verification of someone they're considering a business or personal relationship with, romance-scam investigation, threat assessment), and family offices (principal-protection threat scanning, vendor and household-staff diligence).
How much does an OSINT investigation cost?
You have two ways to work with us. Run the investigation yourself in the SleuthX tool for $995 once — lifetime access, with usage metered from a prepaid balance you top up anytime. Or have our team do it for you in a done-for-you device package: 1 device $3,000 · 3 devices $7,000 · 5 devices $12,000, each including the $995 lifetime license. Multi-subject or longitudinal investigations (organized fraud, complex business diligence, threat-actor attribution) beyond a package are scoped per case at a flat $400/hr, with no multipliers. Pricing scales with depth of investigation, not data volume.
Will the subject of the investigation know?
When done properly, no. OSINT relies on publicly accessible information accessed through methods that don't trigger notifications. We do not contact the subject, contact people in the subject's network, or interact with their accounts in ways that would create disclosure. Where the engagement does require interaction (rare, and only with attorney coordination), we discuss it explicitly with the retaining client before proceeding.
Quinnlan Varcoe, Founder & CEO
Quinnlan Varcoe
GIAC-certified · Founder & CEO

Schedule Your Session

Schedule a confidential consultation

A direct conversation with Quinn, the founder and CEO who oversees every engagement. NDA-protected. No sales process. Most engagements begin within 48 hours.

Free, confidential · NDA-protected · no obligation.

  1. 1. Book a 15-minute call — we scope your situation, no charge.
  2. 2. You get a written scope — deliverables, timeline, and price — before any work begins.
  3. 3. Approve it and we start; most engagements begin within 48 hours.

Transparent pricing

Trusted by partners across the practice

DAS Health
Exhibit A Cyber
Ally Security
KIRO Group
Black Mirage
Kalles Group
Gridware
CQR
Archstone Security
Cyvergence
Sentinel Cyber
Cloud Underground
Seron Security
Hexen
Koru Risk Management
DAS Health
Exhibit A Cyber
Ally Security
KIRO Group
Black Mirage
Kalles Group
Gridware
CQR
Archstone Security
Cyvergence
Sentinel Cyber
Cloud Underground
Seron Security
Hexen
Koru Risk Management