- Cambridge Analytica, the political-research company at the center of a massive Facebook-data scandal, received private emails of two world leaders from Israeli hackers.
- In one instance, Israeli hackers brought a USB stick which included private information about a Nigerian opposition leader, who is now president, to Cambridge Analytica's offices.
- The same Israeli cybersecurity team was reportedly hired again in early 2015, and obtained private information on a St. Kitts and Nevis politician who was elected prime minister.
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Israeli hackers reportedly gave Cambridge Analytica stolen private emails of two world leaders
Israeli hackers offerred USB sticks with hacked information to Cambridge Analytica on two occasions in 2015.
Israeli hackers reportedly gave information from the hacked emails of two world leaders to Cambridge Analytica, massive Facebook-data scandal.
Cambridge Analytica received data from the hacked emails of Nigeria's now-President Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis Timothy Harris, during separate election campaigns in the countries, The Guardian reported, citing several ex-employees of the company.
The company's leadership reportedly encouraged use of the data, offered by Israeli hackers, with ousted CEO Alexander Nix, along with other senior directors, giving employees direction on how to handle the material.
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Cambridge Analytica was reportedly paid ($in 2015 by a Nigerian billionaire to support a campaign to re-elect Goodluck Jonathan as president of Nigeria, according to the report.
The same Israeli cybersecurity team was reportedly hired again in early 2015, and obtained private information on St. Kitts and Nevis politician Timothy Harris, who was later elected prime minister.
In a previous incident, the parent group of Cambridge Analytica, SCL Group, reportedly used a £1 million ($1.4 million) bribe to help win an election for the St. Kitts and Nevis Labour Party, who was a client, in 2010.
SCL Group denied using stolen data from the individuals mentioned in The Guardian report.
Executives from Cambridge Analytica, which helped Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, werecaught on tape boasting about helping secure Trump's win.
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Facebookrecently suspended Cambridge Analyticafor not destroying the private data of 50 million users it used to predict the behavior of individual American voters.
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