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In reply to the discussion: "I found Bannon's tools. Federal authorities have it all now." [View all]herding cats
(19,549 posts)32. You're welcome.
What is covered in passing here is the debth of relationship between SCL Elections, Cambridge Analytica and AggregateIQ.
There have already been a number of major journalistic revelations about the ties between Cambridge Analytica and AggregateIQ. But as recounted by former CA employee and current whistleblower Christopher Wylie to Observer journalist Carole Cadwalladr, claiming AIQ wouldnt exist without me, it is reported to have started with a recruitment effort:
When I became research director for SCL [the parent company of Cambridge Analytica] we needed to rapidly expand our technical capacity and I reached out to a lot of people I had worked with in the past. That included Jeff Silvester, his former boss, who lived in Wylies home town [Silvester] then set up AIQ with his business partner, Zack Massingham, to work on SCL and later Cambridge Analytica projects. Essentially it was set up as a Canadian entity for people who wanted to work on SCL projects who didnt want to move to London. Thats how AIQ got started: originally to service SCL and Cambridge Analytica projects, said Wylie. Last March, when the Observer started asking questions about the connection between Cambridge Analytica and AIQ, the former removed SCL Canada and Massinghams phone number from its website and said that AIQ was a former IT contractor.
The additional information reported by Cadwalladr that SCL Elections, the parent company of Cambridge Analytica, owns AggregateIQs intellectual property in perpetuity helps to further make clear the significance of the Gitlab subdomains contents. While Cambridge Analytica may operate as an independent from, distinct from AggregateIQ, the working relationship appears to be much closer - as evidenced in the tale of an app, contained in the exposed repository.
When I became research director for SCL [the parent company of Cambridge Analytica] we needed to rapidly expand our technical capacity and I reached out to a lot of people I had worked with in the past. That included Jeff Silvester, his former boss, who lived in Wylies home town [Silvester] then set up AIQ with his business partner, Zack Massingham, to work on SCL and later Cambridge Analytica projects. Essentially it was set up as a Canadian entity for people who wanted to work on SCL projects who didnt want to move to London. Thats how AIQ got started: originally to service SCL and Cambridge Analytica projects, said Wylie. Last March, when the Observer started asking questions about the connection between Cambridge Analytica and AIQ, the former removed SCL Canada and Massinghams phone number from its website and said that AIQ was a former IT contractor.
The additional information reported by Cadwalladr that SCL Elections, the parent company of Cambridge Analytica, owns AggregateIQs intellectual property in perpetuity helps to further make clear the significance of the Gitlab subdomains contents. While Cambridge Analytica may operate as an independent from, distinct from AggregateIQ, the working relationship appears to be much closer - as evidenced in the tale of an app, contained in the exposed repository.
https://www.upguard.com/breaches/aggregate-iq-part-one?hs_amp=true&__twitter_impression=true
There's more to come out on this I'm sure. This reads like it's the beginning in a larger report on the topic. Even if not, this is important information for the prosecutors investigating this matter.
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Thank you for these links. I get Techdirt posts frequently but don't remember these.
ancianita
Mar 2018
#58
Okay, thanks. It is just so odd that Spectrum is involved.....that's DeVos, right?
dameatball
Mar 2018
#36
Agree didn't Cruz campaign manager boast they had the best nice targeting campaign in history?
grantcart
Mar 2018
#24
I posted some links in a different thread sortof showing how it kicked off
BumRushDaShow
Mar 2018
#34
This sounds like good news, especially "forensic evidence of multiple crimes" can be...
PearliePoo2
Mar 2018
#25
I doubt it. CA would be worse off if they left data open for anyone to access
blake2012
Mar 2018
#38
Yes, it is. There's more, but that's what opens more doors for prosecutors.
herding cats
Mar 2018
#49