The firm hacked, sabotaged and spread disinformation for its clients. Read more at straitstimes.com.
PARIS - An Israeli firm sought to influence more than 30 elections around the world for clients by hacking, sabotage and spreading disinformation, according to an undercover media investigation published on Wednesday.
The investigation was carried out by a consortium of journalists from 30 outlets under the direction of a France-based non-profit known as Forbidden Stories.“The methods and techniques described by Team Jorge raise new challenges for big tech platforms,” the Guardian wrote. British consulting firm Cambridge Analytica – since shut down – was allegedly used to develop software steering voters towards Donald Trump in the 2016 US presidential election.
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