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#Exxon's climate opponents were smeared after a private email was handed to the media, including @WSJ.
Was project "Rainbow," a hack-for-hire operation, responsible?
Now, WSJ's own @cmatthews9 asks: who commissioned it?
$XOM denies involvement. 1/
wsj.com/articles/massi…
Was project "Rainbow," a hack-for-hire operation, responsible?
Now, WSJ's own @cmatthews9 asks: who commissioned it?
$XOM denies involvement. 1/
wsj.com/articles/massi…
2/ Yep #Russia does hack & leak operations.
But so does a mercenary industry that gets less attention.
Even as their handiwork shows up in major US policy debates.
By @jc_stubbs @razhael @Bing_Chris
reuters.com/article/us-ind…
But so does a mercenary industry that gets less attention.
Even as their handiwork shows up in major US policy debates.
By @jc_stubbs @razhael @Bing_Chris
reuters.com/article/us-ind…
3/ The WSJ piece shows just how far that presumed-hacked email travelled..
News reports, PR materials, even #Exxon's opening statement in a trial..
But also the complexities of pinning down the ultimately-responsible parties.
Mercenary hack & leak ops are tricky.
News reports, PR materials, even #Exxon's opening statement in a trial..
But also the complexities of pinning down the ultimately-responsible parties.
Mercenary hack & leak ops are tricky.
4/ For the interested, here was our original 2020 @citizenlab investigation.
Along with a timeline showing how the phishing emails we examined corresponded to key events around climate advocacy & #Exxon.
citizenlab.ca/2020/06/dark-b…
Along with a timeline showing how the phishing emails we examined corresponded to key events around climate advocacy & #Exxon.
citizenlab.ca/2020/06/dark-b…
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