Which company was recently implicated in a global data theft crime?
(A) Amazon
(B) Google
(C) Cisco
(D) Cambridge Analytica
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ANSWER::
(D) Cambridge Analytica company was recently implicated in a global data theft crime.
Extra Information =>
1.Cambridge Analytica started in 2013 was a British Political Consulting which use to combine data mining , data analysis and data brokerage for a strategic communication during elections.
2. CEO => Alexander Nix
3. Some important events in which Cambridge Analytica was involved
(a) 2014 => Involved in 44 US political races.
(b) 2015 => Performed data analysis services for Ted Cruz's presidential campaign
(c) 2016 => Worked for Donald Trump's presidential campaign
(d) 2016 => Worked for Leave.EU
Recently in March 2018 , many newspaper publishers reported that CA (Cambridge Analytica) is using personal data of Facebook users for academic purposes and collecting them
After some time , another news channel showed videos which they have investigated and in those videos was the CEO who was boasting about all information they had and was bribing politicians .
After that company's server were searched and Facebook banned CA from advertising and also Facebook app called "This Is Your Digital Life" got third-party app permission and acquired the data back in 2015 which resulted in great data loss and app developer has himself breached policy by giving data to CA.
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The company that was recently implicated in a global data theft crime was Cambridge Analytica.
It was a British political consulting firm which combined data mining, data brokerage and data analysis during the electoral processes.
It was started in 2013.
In MArch 2018, it was reported that the Company was using personal data of Facebook users for academic purposes.