Israeli Cyber Firm ‘Meddled in Scotland and New York Elections’

Israeli Cyber Firm ‘Meddled in Scotland and New York Elections’

An Israeli firm has interfered in elections in Scotland, New York, France, Angola and Togo, using large numbers of fake social media accounts to target politicians who have criticised Israel’s genocide in Gaza, French authorities have found. France’s disinformation watchdog, Viginum, said a private, Israel-based company named BlackCore had coordinated hundreds of accounts to post negative comments about Scottish first minister John Swinney in th…

French agency finds Israeli ‘information warfare’ firm of meddling in Scottish elections

A government body dedicated to identifying ‘foreign digital interference’ is seeking answers from the country’s administration after concluding that a specialist tech firm has sought to intervene in overseas elections An Israeli tech and “information warfare” firm spread misinformation about Scottish Government first minister John Swinney before the recent Holyrood election, French authorities claim. Hundreds of fake social media accounts were a…

Scottish media accept that Israeli interference against the SNP may be true and accurate in 2026 while that from Russia on referendum irregularities in 2014 was clearly ‘fake and ‘inaccurate’

Covered fairly widely in the Scottish MSM and by BBC Scotland last week: Scotland’s first minister was targeted by an Israeli firm spreading online disinformation before the Holyrood election, a French government agency has claimed. John Swinney and the SNP were allegedly targeted in accounts linked to BlackCore – a tech company claiming to “shape narratives” who French authorities accused of trying to smear pro-Palestine election candidates. Di…