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In its series of investigations “Story Killers”, the collective of journalists Forbidden Stories revealed the existence of a particularly active intelligence and influence company. The latter called itself “Team Jorge” according to the wish of its creator Tal Hanan, a former Israeli special forces agent who exploited a slew of technological weaknesses in his targets, in total no less than 33 presidential campaigns were targeted, 27 of which were successfully influenced.
There is nothing more fragile than a democracy. This is the feeling that wins us over when we discover the revelations of the collective of journalists Forbidden Stories. This group of journalists brought to light the existence of “Team Jorge”, a destabilization agency with global ambitions created by Tal Hanan, a former Israeli special forces agent.
However, if the attacks have affected countries as different as Kenya, Burkina Faso or the United States, the technological means used – the creation of avatars on social networks for example – are astonishing in their ease of implementation. . This is what motivates a growing number of African tech players to want to protect the continent against these attacks with dreadful effects.