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No Morals, No Qualms, No Borders: From an Office Building in Israel, Experts in Technological Manipulation Are Attacking Democracies, Media and Elections Across the World
A team of reporters uncovers 'Team Jorge', a group which claims to have worked on dozens of presidential elections around the world. It employs disinformation campaigns, false intelligence, hacks and blackmail to promote its clients’ interests.
Former Israeli agents have apparently manipulated nearly three dozen elections. Their clients: power-hungry politicians and wealthy businessmen. They are part of a rapidly growing global disinformation industry in which Russia is far from the only player.
Undercover reporters recorded a group of covert cyber influence specialists as they pitched their services, which involve using disinformation campaigns,