Over the last 24 hours, UK-based election analytics firm Cambridge Analytica has suspended its CEO Alexander Nix and the firm has been hit in a class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of Facebook users against both CA and Facebook accusing them of obtaining user data without permission.
And today, as lawmakers in both the US and UK demand formal investigations into the matter of CA possibly using data from 50 million Facebook users during its work for the Trump campaign in 2016, the Guardian has published another bombshell story alleging further nefarious activity by the firm.
In the story, the Guardian reported that CA had obtained emails stolen by Israeli hackers, and had ordered staff to analyze the stolen troves in search of kompromat that could be used against rivals to their clients. In both instances, the Guardian's sources said CA staff refused to handle the stolen material, and it's unclear if any information gleaned from the emails had ultimately been released.
The data analytics firm that worked on the Donald Trump election campaign was offered material from Israeli hackers who had accessed the private emails of two politicians who are now heads of state, witnesses have told the Guardian.
Multiple sources have described how senior directors of Cambridge Analytica – including its chief executive, Alexander Nix – gave staff instructions to handle material provided by computer hackers in election campaigns in Nigeria and St Kitts and Nevis
They claim there were two episodes in 2015 that alarmed members of staff and led them to refuse to handle the data, which they assumed would have been obtained illegally.
SCL Elections, Cambridge Analytica’s parent company, denied taking possession of or using hacked or stolen personal information from such individuals for any purpose in either campaign.
That year, CA had been hired to work on the reelection campaign of Nigeria's then-president Goodluck Johnathan. The firm was also contracted by St Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Timothy Harris, who was then the opposition leader.
The Guardian said it saw an email from Nix dated Jan. 26 2015 where he refers to the Israeli team.
CA was hired by a Nigerian billionaire to support Johnathan's reelection, and was paid an estimated £2 million to carry out a ferocious campaign against Muhammadu Buhari, whom he eventually lost out to. The Guardian says there's no proof to suggest Johnathan knew about the campaign.
When CA staffers working on the ground in Nigeria learned about the stolen emails, they panicked, and swiftly fled the country - because, as their fixers warned, they could be targeted by supporter of Buhari if they ever learned about the theft.
Staff working on the campaign say in early 2015 they met Israeli cybersecurity contractors in Cambridge Analytica’s offices in Mayfair, London. Employees say they were told the meeting was arranged by Brittany Kaiser, a senior director at the firm.
The Guardian and Observer has been told the Israelis brought a laptop from their office in Tel Aviv and handed employees a USB stick containing what they believed were hacked personal emails.
Sources said Nix, who was suspended on Tuesday, and other senior directors told staff to search for incriminating material that could be used to damage opposition candidates, including Buhari.
“It made everyone feel really uncomfortable,” said one source. “They wanted people to load it into their email programmes.”
People “freaked out”, another employee said. “They wanted to have nothing to do with it.”
One member of the campaign team told the Guardian and Observer that the material they believed had been hacked included Buhari’s medical records. “I’m 99% sure of that. Or if they didn’t have his medical records they at least had emails that referred to what was going on.”
When news of the London meeting filtered back to Cambridge Analytica staff working on the ground in Nigeria, it caused panic, the source said. Local security advisers told the firm’s team to leave the country immediately because if opposition supporters found out, they could turn on them.
"What is clear is that the security of their employees didn’t even seem to have occurred to them," said one former employee. "It was a very serious situation and they had to evacuate immediately."
A spokesperson for Cambridge's parent company, SCL Elections, denied the allegations, and said its employees in Nigeria left after their contract with their Nigerian billionaire client ended. In the UK, both the Electoral Commission and the Information Commissioner's Office are investigating Cambridge. Though, it's worth noting that their work on the Trump campaign was clearly legal according to the laws of both the US and the UK.
However, one can't help but wonder what we will learn next? Maybe Nix and company orchestrated the DNC leaks?
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Wait... Can't Be... Israeli Hackers... But (((They))) Are Our Allies ?
In reply to Burn the fucking house down. by VAL THOR
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In reply to CNN is reporting that they… by EnglishMajor
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In reply to all by Pandelis
Everybody had stolen emails except Seth Rich.
In reply to who is jewing who? i cant… by Four chan
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In reply to Everybody had stolen emails… by ???ö?
If Israel hacked it they would've made it look like the Russians did it, now im really confused
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In reply to all by Pandelis
Of course they are. This muddies the water and sets the stage for "everybody was doing it" so let's just move on.
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...(((They))) are our owners....
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In reply to (((They))) are our owners. by WorkingClassMan
IDK, but I do know Jesus whooped some ass when the saw moneychangers in the TEMPLE!
In reply to ...(((They))) are our owners… by Boxed Merlot
Both. They were there to prevent theft, privatization, and altercations on the Temple grounds. Before the Romans came, the Jews had been fighting each other for control of the country for fifty-odd years. The Temple was essentially the capital; whoever seized it could call themselves the ruler of Israel. Putting a Roman garrison there 1) made a statement as to who was boss, and 2) prevented the endless successions of coups every other week. For the most part the Romans didn't care who was High Priest, but they disliked having to deal with a new one every month.
In reply to ...(((They))) are our owners… by Boxed Merlot
wait.. not Russian hackers? maybe Israelis hacked Podesta?
given how eager Bibi was to swap Clinton for Trump...
In reply to com by Sir Edge
Israeli “hackers”
actual lol
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As usual the vermin from Israhell is involved somehow.
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In reply to As usual the vermin from… by Jumanji1959
"the firm has been hit in a class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of Facebook users against both CA and Facebook accusing them of obtaining user data without permission."
Wait a minute...I don't recall giving Experian, Equifax, and Transunion access to my data either.
In reply to Burn the fucking house down. by VAL THOR
This is stinky.
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Steals?
LOL ~ it was handed over to them.
"Maybe they are not even Russians, but Ukrainians, Tatars, or Jews with Russian citizenship, which should be also checked. Maybe they hold dual citizenship, or green cards. Or maybe Americans paid them for this job. How can you know? I do not know,"
~V Putin
Exactly.
And I want to ask the Donald this inconvenient question: why did his State Department invest 150 Mil in Cambridge Analytica ?
In reply to Steals?… by DillyDilly
CA are the fall guys taking it for Fuckbook and Suckerbutt.
Mueller...?
Mueller...?
We all know that Republicans (and many Democrats) allow Israel and Israelis to do whatever the fuck they want, whether it negatively impacts our security or not.
The Obama and Clinton campaigns used Facebook user data did exactly as Cambridge Analytica did.
And cue the Jew-bashers.
You mean the descendants of Khazaria, who have about as much relation to Judaism or being Jewish, that I have to Buddha...?
In reply to And cue the Jew-bashers. by thatthingcanfly
Dude--they are literally behind most every single vile thing in history, including today.
Soros--check
ADL--check
Isn'treal--check
Zuckerface--check
Brin--check
Feinstein--check
Schumer--check
....
I could go on and on and on til the break of dawn, but the fact is, they're behind a LOT of nasty shit--and this isn't a recent development, either. This has been going on for generations throughout history. And not just here.
Please, they don't need to be defended. They are bad.
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In reply to Dude--they are literally… by WorkingClassMan
Israelhole. Israehell. Israelies.
"When CA staffers working on the ground in Nigeria learned about the stolen emails, they panicked, and swiftly fled the country .."
It is so refreshing to know these folks really maintained the courage of their convictions ..
What a great show, it's the greatest show on earth. Well it's no wonder Ringling Bro. shutdown, they couldn't compete with the truly greatest show on earth. And for our next performance (spotlight moves): emails stolen from Israeli hackers.
Maybe Nix and company orchestrated the DNC leaks?
If Israel was CA's "go to" Hacker, unlikely they would want Trump (unknown) over Hillary.
This reeks of Five Eye Deep State Bull Shit! Guardian smucks are a disinformation campaign to distract from Facebook CIA origins and manipulations!
Correction: 5+1* Hex Eyes
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ISRAEL'S SECRET PROGRAM: TALPIOT
https://youtu.be/rYE9UgmVrfU
In reply to This reeks of Five Eye Deep… by THORAX
but they told me the Russian were the bad guys!
russians are so honest, like choir boys.
In reply to but they told me the Russian… by venturen
Pagination