A group of hackers from Israel called Team Jorge interfered with election campaigns in more than 30 countries. Israeli newspaper reports. haaretzHe referred to the testimony of Tal Khanan, the leader of the group, who turned out to be a former special forces soldier.
The article states that a group of hackers even interfered in the presidential election.
According to the newspaper, the journalists contacted the hackers by posing as potential customers. Hanan told media representatives that the group serves intelligence agencies, political parties and private companies that seek to covertly manipulate public opinion. Its working mechanism was the existence of “thousands of fake social media accounts”.
“We ran 33 presidential campaigns, 27 of which were successful,” Hanan said.
According to him, the hacker group is currently “participating” in some elections in Africa, it also has its own teams in Greece and the United Arab Emirates.
KillNet of Russian-speaking hackers before started A “massive cyberattack” on Germany in retaliation for German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s decision to hand over Leopard tanks to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.