Black Cube, a private
intelligence firm, accused of working for Cambridge Analytica, the political
consulting firm alleged to have hacked President Muhammadu Buhari’s records
ahead of the 2015 elections, has denied the allegations.
NigerianEye had reported how
Cambridge Analytica allegedly hacked into Buhari’s medical and financial
records ahead of the election.
An unnamed Nigerian billionaire
was said to have contacted Cambridge Analytica for the alleged act.
On Tuesday, Christopher Wylie, a
whistle-blower, told a UK parliamentary committee that Cambridge Analytica’s
parent company SCL worked with Black Cube to hack Buhari.
“The company (Cambridge
Analytica) utilised the services of an Israeli private intelligence firm, Black
Cube,” Jerusalem Post quoted Wylie to have said.
“Black Cube on the Nigeria
campaign was engaged to hack the now-President Buhari to get access to his
medical records and private emails.”
But Black Cube described the
allegation as a “flagrant lie.”
“Whilst we are flattered that we
are seemingly being connected with every international incident that occurs, we
will state that Chris Wylie’s testimony is a flagrant lie,” the firm reportedly
said.
It added that it will investigate
Wylie’s claims to “reveal the truth and the motive” behind them, and will also
“launch a massive defamation suit against any entity that we will find
involved, including Christopher Wylie, SCL or Cambridge Analytical, for any
pound they still have or don’t have.”
The firm also neither it nor its
affiliates and subsidiaries worked for SCL or Cambridge Analytica, or ever
operated in Nigeria or on any Nigerian-connected project.
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