Revealed: the hacking and disinformation team meddling in elections
Posted: 18th February 2023
- ‘Team Jorge’ unit exposed by undercover investigation
- Group sells hacking services and access to vast army of fake social media profiles
- Evidence unit behind disinformation campaigns across world
- Mastermind Tal Hanan claims covert involvement in 33 presidential elections
Tal Hanan has always denied any wrongdoing. Composite: Guardian Design/Haaretz/The Marker/Radio France
Wed 15 Feb 2023 04.00 GMT
A team of Israeli contractors who claim to have manipulated more than 30 elections around the world using hacking, sabotage and automated disinformation on social media has been exposed in a new investigation.
A team of Israeli contractors who claim to have manipulated more than 30 elections around the world using hacking, sabotage and automated disinformation on social media has been exposed in a new investigation.
Editorial:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/feb/17/the-guardian-view-on-disinformation-online-a-2…