“Israeli company tried to influence more than 30 elections around the world”

According to the story in the British newspaper The Guardian, a team of 30 investigative journalists from organizations including The Guardian, France’s Le Monde and Germany’s Der Spiegel disguised themselves as clients to gather information about the methods and capabilities of the company in question. In the report released as a result of the team’s investigations, it is stated that Tal Hanan, owner of the company called “Team Jorge” and a 50-year-old former member of the Israeli Special Forces, has been working on various electoral processes. Processes for more than 20 years.

The team was reported to have reviewed a few Telegram accounts, thousands of fake social media profiles, and spread fake news.

Emphasizing that the methods and techniques announced by Team Jorge will pose new problems for big tech companies, the story said: “Global misinformation targeting elections is ringing warning bells for democracies around the world.” statement was included.

THEY MANAGE THOUSANDS OF PROFILES ON SOCIAL NETWORKS

In the news, it was stated that one of Team Jorge’s most important services is sophisticated software packages. While Hanan was recorded as going through thousands of profiles on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Telegram, Gmail, Instagram, and Youtube, it was emphasized that some people on the team had Amazon accounts, Bitcoin wallets, and Airbnb accounts with credit card records. .

The news noted that Hanan described his work in the market to 3 journalists as “dark operations”, and these services were reportedly offered to intelligence agencies, political campaigns and private companies.

“WE COMPLETED ELECTIONS AT PRESIDENTIAL LEVEL 33”

On the news, Hanan said: “We are currently involved in an election in Africa. We have teams in Greece and the United Arab Emirates. We have completed 33 elections at the presidential level and 27 of them have been successful.” he said to have spoken. Hanan was recorded as saying that two-thirds of the elections they participated in were in Africa. Hanan was reported to have claimed that he had one of the news stories he produced for Russia about sanctions on the yachting industry in Monaco broadcast on BFM, one of France’s biggest TV channels.

Rachid M’Barki, 54, who broke the story in question, was reported to have been fired from his job and is under investigation.

On the other hand, Hanan only responded to questions from The Guardian: “I deny that I have done anything wrong.” he was satisfied with his answer. (AA)