Team Jorge
Israeli cyber-espionage and disinformation firm
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| February 2023 | Team Jorge is publicly exposed by an international consortium of investigative journalists from Israel and France, coordinated by Forbidden Stories, revealing the organization's extensive election manipulation activities. |
| February 16 2023 | India's Congress Party publicly demanded an investigation into Team Jorge's potential interference in Indian elections, with party spokesperson Pawan Khera and social media head Supriya Shrinate highlighting concerns about online disinformation and electoral manipulation. |
| January 2023 | Media presenter M'Barki was suspended during an inquiry by international investigative reporting teams for broadcasting segments potentially created by Team Jorge without editor approval. |
| 2022 | Team Jorge conducted a disinformation campaign called #RIP_Emmanuel, creating a death hoax about social media personality Emmanuel the emu, which resulted in over 1,300 tweets. |
| 2022 | Tal Hanan demonstrated the ability to hack Dennis Itumbi's Telegram account during the Kenyan general election, which was confirmed by Itumbi himself. |
| 2022 | Team Jorge ran a campaign claiming the Polisario Front has ties to Hezbollah and Iran. |
| 2022 | Undercover journalists conduct a sting operation in Tel Aviv, secretly recording interactions with Tal Hanan, the group's leader, to expose Team Jorge's methods. |
| March 2019 | Team Jorge claimed responsibility for a cyberattack against the central elections committee of Indonesia, designed to appear as if it originated from China for political reasons. |
| 2015 | Team Jorge worked with Cambridge Analytica to manipulate the Nigerian election, attempting to help Goodluck Jonathan get re-elected by discrediting Muhammadu Buhari, but the campaign was unsuccessful. |
| 2015 | Team Jorge begins its operations, specializing in cyber-espionage, hacking, and disinformation campaigns targeting election processes worldwide. |
| 2014 | Tal Hanan began attending meetings involving Cambridge Analytica, exploring potential collaboration in political campaign manipulation. |
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