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When I found the exposed 154 million US voter database in June 2016, I was able to trace the data to a company named L2 Political.
L2 then traced the leak to a client of theirs. The client claimed hackers had taken down their firewall which then publicly exposed the database.
L2 then traced the leak to a client of theirs. The client claimed hackers had taken down their firewall which then publicly exposed the database.
L2's client did not suggest that *I* was the hacker(s) who had removed their firewall and exposed the database.
If true, this means there is confirmation, from the holder of the data, that a nationwide US voter registry _was_indeed_hacked_ months prior to the 2016 election.
If true, this means there is confirmation, from the holder of the data, that a nationwide US voter registry _was_indeed_hacked_ months prior to the 2016 election.
I can't believe I didn't recall this sooner. Foreign hacking of the US election system was not much of a topic when I originally reported this 154 million voter record leak and the detail of actual confirmation of a US nationwide vote hack became lost in the ether.
Exclusive: leaked papers reveal racist slur by Alexander Nix, who is pitching to run election campaigns in Caribbean
Former Cambridge Analytica chief used N-word to describe Barbados PM
theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/o…
Former Cambridge Analytica chief used N-word to describe Barbados PM
theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/o…
"Alexander Nix, the former chief executive of the elections consultancy Cambridge Analytica, is facing fresh questions about his conduct after a leak of documents revealed he used a highly offensive racial slur to describe the prime minister of Barbados."
"The British consultant, who lost his business after an investigation by the Observer exposed the firm’s unauthorised use of data from millions of Facebook users, has been pitching to once again run election campaigns in the Caribbean." 🙄🤦🏾♀️
@BmillEuropean @AndrewAtter @davidmcallister @NDRinfo @InLimboBrexit @The3Million @BritishInEurope @BritsinGermany @BrexpatsHOV @BremainInSpain @emmyzen @julie4nw @voiceseurope @EricIdle @Bonn1eGreer @SebDance @carolecadwalla @W_A_T_O_N @RemainingKind @katarinabarley @Elenauk @FrankRHofmann @DeutscheWelle @antoni_UK @Jude_KD @UdoBullmann @maikebohn @CMetzelder Eine hervorragende Erklärung des “Ist-Zustandes“ in UK!Besser als manch ein Politikanalyst es darstellt!Europa lässt Euch gerade bitterlich im Stich!Die Medienberichterstattung ist unzureichend, @jakkibak Es ist schändlich, wie die Demokratie in GB ausgehebelt wird, @silkejaeger
@BmillEuropean @AndrewAtter @davidmcallister @NDRinfo @InLimboBrexit @The3Million @BritishInEurope @BritsinGermany @BrexpatsHOV @BremainInSpain @emmyzen @julie4nw @voiceseurope @EricIdle @Bonn1eGreer @SebDance @carolecadwalla @W_A_T_O_N @RemainingKind @katarinabarley @Elenauk @FrankRHofmann @DeutscheWelle @antoni_UK @Jude_KD @UdoBullmann @maikebohn @CMetzelder @jakkibak @silkejaeger 2/ Die Zusammenhänge zwischen dem manipulierten Trump-Wahlkampf, @JohannesHano und dem Brexit-Referendum, werden bis auf Ausnahmen (@elisouchka @VoxPop_ARTE 👏) fast völlig “unter dem Tisch gekehrt“, @guyverhofstadt, der Einzige,der das klar anspricht und vor einer Erosion warnt!
@BmillEuropean @AndrewAtter @davidmcallister @NDRinfo @InLimboBrexit @The3Million @BritishInEurope @BritsinGermany @BrexpatsHOV @BremainInSpain @emmyzen @julie4nw @voiceseurope @EricIdle @Bonn1eGreer @SebDance @carolecadwalla @W_A_T_O_N @RemainingKind @katarinabarley @Elenauk @FrankRHofmann @DeutscheWelle @antoni_UK @Jude_KD @UdoBullmann @maikebohn @CMetzelder @jakkibak @silkejaeger @JohannesHano @elisouchka @VoxPop_ARTE @guyverhofstadt 3/ @csibike1, Du sagst es gibt schon @NetzwerkEBD @EMInternational und @PulseofEurope (europaweit) ...aber wo ist der Aufschrei&Empörung darüber, was mit Euch in GB passiert? Did you experience solidarity,@RemainingKind Die Gefahr wird #mediahype genannt!
Defence entered a Not Guilty plea this morning in Westminster Magistrate Court. Trial is set for January 2019. #CambridgeAnalytica
It’s a criminal act in the UK to defy the Information Commissioner’s specific order to comply with data protection law. This order is from May 2018 and now we can confirm it will go to trial in the UK next year. wired.com/story/uk-regul…
A “defunct” company sure seems willing to spend its allegedly sparse resources going to trial against the data cops for refusing to hand over all the personal data it collected about me. What are they hiding? Will their creditors tolerate this?
“One thing you want to do is identify the type of person you could exploit and undermine them psychologically.” - Christopher Wylie, formerly of #CambridgeAnalytica forbes.com/sites/jeffkauf…
"They’d find people who were less resilient psychologically… you essentially tried to exacerbate distrust and paranoia.” #MAGAts
"Wylie's role...was to take traditional military "information operations," or information warfare, and translate them into digital operations...."
British political life has become shameless. How did we get to the point someone is a hero for being under investigation for electoral fraud/contempt of court/lying? I think the turning point was the rehabilitation of Rebekah Brooks as head of Murdoch’s empire.
Brooks was found not guilty. But the high bar of proof needed to get to trial, let alone the sheer incompetence of running a criminal enterprise unawares, should have excluded her from her role as Britain’s biggest publisher. But no, she was reinstated. The rot right there.
In another age, Murdoch’s apologies would have meant something. In another age, he and Brooks would have to spend years in public service (like Profumo) to atone. But no. Once they’d got away with hacking and kompromat, others like #CambridgeAnalytica would rapidly follow.
Since @billmaher + @TheEconomist were clearly out of their depth wrt tax + trade policies when interviewing the wily #ChristianNationalist #Bannon, they need our help. So here’s #10Qs4Bannon.
#10Qs4Bannon 1. Under the Trump/Goldman tax act, when do US companies actually have to pay the so-called 8-15% “repatriation” tax? Do they actually have invest in the US economy, or otherwise “repatriate” it, or do they just have to pay the tax? How much has actually come back?
#10Qs4Bannon Answer to 1. MNCs get 8 yrs to pay the 15% tax, int free, according to a fixed sched : 5% yrs 1-4, etc. They’re not req ‘d to reinvest or repatriate anything. And if they leave their offshore, they can invest tax free, since the corp tax is now “nearly” territorial
Oh God. The app which has compromised all the phone numbers and emails of the Conservative Party is the notorious UCampaign app! Allied to #CambridgeAnalytica. I'll try to grab some info in the thread below
Here's a thread with some background on Thomas Peters who devised it.
This app is also one of the many bits of evidence that the same (probably hacked Facebook) analytics were used in the Leave Campaigns and for Trump @carolecadwalla @VickerySec @profcarroll businessinsider.com/donald-trumps-… 
Meet Tim Graboski, aka whiterook6. He works for AggregateIQ as software developer. If that name sounds familiar, it’s because they helped #CambridgeAnalytica during the 2016 election. And apparently they’re still interested in our elections. #Midterms2018 #osint #infosec
We know that part of the seed data for the models used by CA came from Facebook surveys users filled in as part of an app. Well doesn’t this look familiar....this is a project called Campaign Pillar aka Check-In. “AIQ” is plainly visible. As are the targeted election questions.
Well this little gem comes to us courtesy of Tim’s GitHub repository, found here : github.com/whiterook6/che… Currently available to the public (cloned in case it comes down).
Data privacy as a national security issue? —Sen Wyden #TechHearing
Facebook - Yes
Twitter - Yes
Google - N/A
Facebook - Yes
Twitter - Yes
Google - N/A
Wyden goes for the jugular - Microtargeting for voter demobilization. Will we ask about Cambridge Analytica here? #TechHearing
Nope. Not yet. This has been covered in Canadian parliament committee. But not yet in the US Congress. #TechHearing #CambridgeAnalytica
💣🔥💥🍿🐾#SamPatten is a starter on this menu. A thread on #Trump #Putin #Collusion: from pop-singers in Taj Mahal to weapons in Syria, plus what Satan, black cats, soccer, Patriarchs & judo wrestling have in common. Tarantino, it is not. Oh, plus #CambridgeAnalytica. 👇
1. #SamPatten admitted failing to register in the U.S. as a foreign agent for his work lobbying on behalf of a Ukrainian political party. Breaking. 👇
2. "The nature of his cooperation isn’t clear." (Yes, but the connections are telling.👇 ) . Patten worked with Manafort and & on microtargeting operations with Cambridge Analytica.
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
🔥@GOP operative Sam Patten’s not only has close ties w/Manafort & #Russian🇷🇺spy Konstantin Kilimnik, plus helped #CambridgeAnalytica microtarget voters in the 2014 midterms, Patten also funneled money via #Cyprus to buy Trump inauguration tix for a Ukrainian oligarch‼️
Breaking: Feds charge Sam Patten as unregistered agent for Ukrainian parties.
1. worked with Cambridge Analytica
2. associate of Manafort and Kilimnik (agent with active ties to Russian military intelligence)
Read @NatashaBertrand's write up from April:
theatlantic.com/politics/archi…
1. worked with Cambridge Analytica
2. associate of Manafort and Kilimnik (agent with active ties to Russian military intelligence)
Read @NatashaBertrand's write up from April:
theatlantic.com/politics/archi…
Sam Patten's own words about his work for #CambridgeAnalytica’s parent company, SCL Group:
“included taking micro-targeting to the next level” during the 2014 midterms, developing methods “adopted by at least one major U.S. presidential candidate.”
“included taking micro-targeting to the next level” during the 2014 midterms, developing methods “adopted by at least one major U.S. presidential candidate.”
Revealing:
Sam Patten: “I have no reason to suspect him [Kilimnik] of being a Russian agent."
The two worked together for decades including at IRI.
What others at IRI said about Kilimnik
“It was like ‘Kostya, the guy from the GRU’ — that’s how we talked about him.”
Sam Patten: “I have no reason to suspect him [Kilimnik] of being a Russian agent."
The two worked together for decades including at IRI.
What others at IRI said about Kilimnik
“It was like ‘Kostya, the guy from the GRU’ — that’s how we talked about him.”
Android Legitimate Spyware with 10M+ installs.
App #Onavo owned by Facebook, is VPN service that collects your:
- mobile traffic
- location
- installed/opened apps
- visited websites
This app should hide your traffic & increase privacy, instead it collects it.
App #Onavo owned by Facebook, is VPN service that collects your:
- mobile traffic
- location
- installed/opened apps
- visited websites
This app should hide your traffic & increase privacy, instead it collects it.
Visited web sites, launched & installed apps and others are stored in plaintext in database. Not accessible without root.
Based on their Privacy Policy, they have been gathering user's personal data since 2013.
If you ever used #Onavo app, your traffic is stored on Facebook servers probably forever.
They share same terms & conditions for different app versions.
If you ever used #Onavo app, your traffic is stored on Facebook servers probably forever.
They share same terms & conditions for different app versions.
Here @BylineFest @peterjukes introduces @DamianCollins with @carolecadwalla - findings that Electoral Law was broken
Peter reminds us 🇬🇧 has no mueller investigation. The closest we have is @CommonsCMS #FakeNewsInquiry - #hybridwarfare
We don’t have criminal investigation
[yet - Yet!]
We don’t have criminal investigation
[yet - Yet!]
Support the Rule of Law. Consensus about evidence. This is not a party political issue @peterjukes
Carole asks Luke: when did Trump cross your radar?
Luke: summer 2016. When Manafort became campaign manager whom Luke had met in Ukraine who was consultant transforming Yavchenko. What was he doing in Soviet Empire?? He was best connected political lobbist in area. Pre-Steele!
Luke: summer 2016. When Manafort became campaign manager whom Luke had met in Ukraine who was consultant transforming Yavchenko. What was he doing in Soviet Empire?? He was best connected political lobbist in area. Pre-Steele!
.@lukeharding1968 was investigating Deutsch Bank. DB kept lending even after Trump sued DB for losses arising from #FinCrisis. Dec 2016 Luke met Christopher Steele who said, Follow the Money, Follow the Sex #BylineFest @BylineFest
@TomTugendhat @Andrew_Adonis Let's look at the facts:
1. The Ref MPs voted for was advisory
2. Cameron then made it binding in the minds of voters who don't understand the niceties of our constitution, which was shabby & underhand of him, because he created a political imperative to take the Ref advice
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1. The Ref MPs voted for was advisory
2. Cameron then made it binding in the minds of voters who don't understand the niceties of our constitution, which was shabby & underhand of him, because he created a political imperative to take the Ref advice
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@TomTugendhat @Andrew_Adonis 3. Parliament never formally made the decision to leave, but gave Mrs May the power to trigger #Article50 through the shameful A50 Bill (launched before its rubbish White Paper was released), which converted Parliament into an irrelevant rubber stamp in the #Brexit process.
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@TomTugendhat @Andrew_Adonis 4. Under pressure from the Economic Ruin Group (ERG), Mrs May triggered A50 prematurely, without impact assessments and, crucially, without agreement in her party as to what form #Brexit should take, let alone a plan.
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In NYC on Aug 7? Please join me at @TheNewSchool to talk about dark data and democracy. We'll survey the progress of various #CambridgeAnalytica investigations and contemplate what happens next, this coming autumn and beyond. More details TBA! eventbrite.com/e/dark-data-an…
wow 75% seats already reserved on a teaser tweet
By popular demand, I added 50 more seats! #DarkData eventbrite.com/e/dark-data-an…
This week’s overshadowed-by-Helsinki news:
Cambridge Analytica's servers were accessed in Russia or from Russian IP addresses AND that access appears to have been Facebook data.
Plus links to Trump #thread
google.com/amp/s/amp.theg…
Cambridge Analytica's servers were accessed in Russia or from Russian IP addresses AND that access appears to have been Facebook data.
Plus links to Trump #thread
google.com/amp/s/amp.theg…
Discovered in this highly recommended July 19 @npr @nprfreshair interview with @carolecadwalla about #cambridgeAnalytica
npr.org/2018/07/19/630…
npr.org/2018/07/19/630…
I did not know that Trump introduced Nigel Farage at a Mississippi rally and said “if Brexit can happen in Britain, then I can get elected in the United States.”
@resisterhood @allanbrauer Kellyanne Conway was interviewed at that time and was very coy about “internal polling.” I’ll try to find the article.
@resisterhood @allanbrauer Here is Conway in late October 2016 saying they were picking out cabinet members based on internal polling. politicususa.com/2016/10/25/dem…
@resisterhood @allanbrauer Kellyanne Conway talking about “undercover voters” in late August 2016.
theguardian.com/us-news/2016/a…
theguardian.com/us-news/2016/a…
Last sentence: “Ms Denham said the data had been accessed from countries including Russia.” 👀
“The ICO was astounded by the amount of personal data stored by political parties.” (They’ve been conducting forensics on hundreds of terabytes from servers seized under criminal warrant.)
Jan-Mar 2017 filed Subject Access Request with SCL (Cambridge Analytica)
July 4, 2017 filed complaint with ICO
May 5, 2018 ICO issues enforcement order to SCL (Cambridge Analytica)
June 4, 2018 SCL fails to comply
July 11, 2018 ICO issues report announcing criminal prosecution
July 4, 2017 filed complaint with ICO
May 5, 2018 ICO issues enforcement order to SCL (Cambridge Analytica)
June 4, 2018 SCL fails to comply
July 11, 2018 ICO issues report announcing criminal prosecution
🔥WHOA🔥
Last July, Michal Kosinski, the @Stanford prof whose personality quiz was used to scrape #Facebook data of MILLIONS of Americans, **met in Moscow** w/#Russian🇷🇺PM Dmitry Medvedev, Sergey Lavrov & several members of #Putin’s cabinet. 1/
theguardian.com/technology/201…
Last July, Michal Kosinski, the @Stanford prof whose personality quiz was used to scrape #Facebook data of MILLIONS of Americans, **met in Moscow** w/#Russian🇷🇺PM Dmitry Medvedev, Sergey Lavrov & several members of #Putin’s cabinet. 1/
theguardian.com/technology/201…
Kosinski, who described Lavrov as “a guy who starts wars and takes over countries,” was “flattered” that the #Russians🇷🇺would listen to his talk. “Those guys strike me as one of the most competent and well-informed groups. They did their homework. They read my stuff.”😳 2/
Kosinski researches technology, mass persuasion & artificial intelligence (AI), including the use of AI to detect psychological traits👉🏼research that inspired the creation of #CambridgeAnalytica.🤨 3/
This is actually #AMLO’s re-election: He first won the presidency in 2006. But back then the thieving, scheming, blood-stained criminal gang that rules Mexico (and I’m being polite), declared his dissolute opponent the winner. gregpalast.com/how-the-bernie…
#EleccionesMéxico
#EleccionesMéxico
In 2006, rather than concede to vote thievery, lick his wounds & toddle off on a book tour, #AMLO took his supporters into the streets, raised hell, blocked the capital’s central square for months, held a People’s Inaugural & vowed to never, ever concede. democracynow.org/2006/7/12/flor…
12 years later, #AMLO has won a crushing, too-big-to-steal victory in #Mexico’s presidential election. And there’s a lesson here. Are you listening, Al Gore? Mr. Kerry and Mrs. Clinton? gregpalast.com/how-the-bernie… #EleccionesMéxico #elecciones2018
