Political-Targeting

CatalanGate Reveals Systematic Pegasus Targeting of 65 Catalan Independence Leaders

2020-04-18 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

Between 2017-2020, the devices of at least 65 Catalan minority politicians and activists are targeted by a sophisticated espionage operation using NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware and Candiru’s surveillance tools, in what becomes known as “CatalanGate.” The victims include current …

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SCL Elections Contracts with Kogan to Launch Cambridge Analytica Data Operation

2014-06-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

Strategic Communication Laboratories (SCL) Group enters into contract with Aleksandr Kogan’s Global Science Research to acquire Facebook user data for Cambridge Analytica’s political targeting operations. This partnership transforms Kogan’s academic research into a commercial data …

SCL Group SCL Elections Aleksandr Kogan Global Science Research Cambridge Analytica +2 more scl-elections data-harvesting-contract electoral-manipulation facebook-exploitation political-targeting +2 more