HACK-FOR-HIRE

Canada’s digital watchdog group Citizen Lab reported that a hack-for-hire group targeted thousands of organizations around the world, including climate advocacy groups involved in the #ExxonKnew campaign. Groups like Public Citizen, Greenpeace, and 350.org that asserted ExxonMobil knew about and hid data linking fossil fuel extraction to the climate crisis for years were among those that faced phishing attempts by a group Citizen Lab dubbed “Dark Basin”. 

www.commondreams.org/news/2020/06/10/exceptionally-troubling-researchers-show-hack-hire-operation-targeted-groups