Kent Ertugrul
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Kent Ertugrul is the current chief executive (CEO) of Phorm
. He is paid an annual salary of £150,000 for this role.
He was previously CEO of 121Media, which changed its name to Phorm in 2007.
121Media, founded in 2002, produced a spyware application called PeopleOnPage. This application acted as a browser hijacker and passed details of the user's currently visited website to central ContextPlus servers, so that the user could be targeted with advertising. The adware component was called AproposMedia. AproposMedia is described by InternetSecurityZone.com as "...a malicious executable program that is usually installed without user consent or knowledge. AproposMedia may have the ability to secretly monitor, record, and transmit computer activity."
Before becoming involved in the software business he ran a company called 'MiGs Etc', which sold flights in Soviet
MiG
fighter aircraft.
Phorm
Phorm, formerly known as 121Media, is a Delaware, United States-based digital technology company known for its advertising software. Founded in 2002, the company originally distributed programs that were considered spyware, from which they made millions of dollars in revenue...
. He is paid an annual salary of £150,000 for this role.
He was previously CEO of 121Media, which changed its name to Phorm in 2007.
121Media, founded in 2002, produced a spyware application called PeopleOnPage. This application acted as a browser hijacker and passed details of the user's currently visited website to central ContextPlus servers, so that the user could be targeted with advertising. The adware component was called AproposMedia. AproposMedia is described by InternetSecurityZone.com as "...a malicious executable program that is usually installed without user consent or knowledge. AproposMedia may have the ability to secretly monitor, record, and transmit computer activity."
Before becoming involved in the software business he ran a company called 'MiGs Etc', which sold flights in Soviet
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
MiG
Mig
-Industry:*MiG, now Mikoyan, a Russian aircraft corporation, formerly the Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau*Metal inert gas welding or MIG welding, a type of welding using an electric arc and a shielding gas-Business and finance:...
fighter aircraft.