Agents of disinformation: Dirty politics and the 'Team Jorge' revelations • FRANCE 24 English

Feb 17, 2023
A former Israeli special forces operative:-

Enter the latest revelations from Forbidden Stories: the worldwide consortium of 30 media blowing the cover of the election hacking and disinformation firm known as Team Jorge founded by a 50-year-old former Israeli special forces operative who bragged to undercover reporters how he could launch cyberattacks and swing elections.
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With the use of multiple highly advanced tools, an Israeli group may have meddled in over 30 presidential elections, a fresh investigation has revealed. Hacking, sabotage and disinformation - spread using bots on social media - could have helped this company, which goes by the name of "Team Jorge". The investigation - carried over six months between July and December 2022 - was published this week by Forbidden stories, a French nonprofit. Journalists from 30 prominent outlets, including Le Monde, Der Spiegel and El País, are a part of the consortium that carried out the probe.

"Jorge" is the pseudonym used by Tal Hanan, a 50-year-old former Israeli special forces operative, who runs the company. "Team Jorge" is understood to be the codename used by his group. A group of undercover journalists tried to understand the method and the madness behind the data use. India is also believed to be on the list of affected countries.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/15/revealed-disinformation-team-jorge-claim-meddling-elections-tal-hanan

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