Story Killers

Leaked Cambridge Analytica emails show Tal Hanan, leader of the shadowy cyber mercenary group selling election hacking, was involved in a failed plan to get then-president of Nigeria Goodluck Jonathan re-elected.

A former digital communications agency employee describes “off-the-record” services offered by companies that advertise public relations, media monitoring, and public relations work: “Almost anything goes.”

A confidential brochure found in a trove of leaked Colombian military documents identified a little-known company called S2T: Unlocking Cyberspace, which sells open-source intelligence tools that can be used to target journalists and activists.