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The U.S. is trying to unravel a hacking plot that targeted climate activists
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- WarOnPrivacy 2y ago"A yearslong U.S. Justice Department investigation of a global hacking campaign that targeted prominent American climate activists took a turn in a London court this week amid an allegation that the hacking was ordered by a lobbying firm working for ExxonMobil."
- WarOnPrivacy 2y agoThe hacker involved has been fighting extradition to the US since last year. "Amit Forlit allegedly arranged for hackers to steal private information from the accounts of hundreds of environmentalists on behalf of DCI Group, a Washington, D.C.-based public affairs and lobbying company, an investigation by the Reuters news agency uncovered." ref: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/columnists/tomlinson/article/exxon-climate-activists-hackers-investigation-20017676.php https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/columnists/tomlins... ref: https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/exxon-lobbyist-investigated-over-hack-and-leak-environmentalist-emails-sources-2024-11-27/ https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/exxon-lobbyist-inves...