
The Misinformation Industry: This Is How an Israeli Hacking Team Spread Chaos in the World
“We are now involved in one election in Africa… We have a team in Greece and a team in [the] Emirates… [We have completed] 33 presidential-level campaigns, 27 of which were successful,” the Guardian quoted him as saying.
Most of the campaigns – two-thirds – were in Africa, he claimed.
While demonstrating his technology to reporters, he appeared to hack into the Gmail inbox and Telegram account of political operatives in Kenya days before a presidential election there.
Forbidden Stories named the targets as two aides to William Ruto, who ended up winning the August 2022 ballot.
