Info hack for ‘colonizing’ Nigeria deal

A COMPANY linked to controversial consulting firm Cambridge Analytica used hacked personal information for a “privatized colonizing operation” in developing countries such as Nigeria, according to a whistleblower.

Christopher Wylie, a former research director for the company who blew the lid off of its use of Facebook data earlier this month, testified before a committee of British Parliament on Tuesday and exposed more bombshell claims about what his former employer did around the world.

Cambridge Analytica, which had the data for 50 million Facebook users, was led in part by Stephen Bannon and worked for the Trump campaign’s digital operation. Another company under the umbrella of SCL Group worked for the Leave campaign before the U.K.’s Brexit vote.

Wylie said that the Canadianbased company that worked on Brexit, Aggregate IQ, was a “franchise” of SCL and built the software that Cambridge Analytica and others used for its election operations.

He said Tuesday that it had previously been involved in Nigerian elections, and had an Israeli company called Black Cube hack private health data from current Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari.