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Here s dr ee s true s report. reporter: they created what they call a database of truth. the ability to collect shopping records, social media connections and voting records to create individual profiles on almost every voter in the united states. and according to chris vickry, used that information to influence voters in a way never seen before. kind of like being able to whisper in somebody s ear any message you want and nobody else is going to find out about it. think of all the things you can do with that ability. reporter: he s director at data risk security firm. it was slue hthrough his sleuth that he came upon this work product, used in targeting voters for the ted cruz pac, for texas governor greg abbott, a super pac for john bolton, along with several different campaigns supporting the uk s brexit referendum. ted cruz s actual personal ....
From facebook over the possible misuse of personal facebook data. it says it has done nothing wrong, but drew griffin says the little known firm appears to be at the center of a new type of campaigning weaponizing target messaging. here s drew s report. reporter: they created what they call a database of truth. the ability to collect shopping records, social media connections and voting records to create individual profiles on almost every voter in the united states. and according to chris vickry, used that information to influence voters in a way never seen before. kind of like being able to whisper in somebody s ear any message you want and nobody else is going to find out about it. think of all the things you can do with that ability. reporter: he s director at data risk security firm. it was through his sleuthing ....
Network, what s their association with friends and family, both in the united kingdom and globally, looking at social media connections. there will also be extensive work taking place to provide support and really difficult circumstances to the relatives of those who sadly lost their lives or were injured, and as we know, there s a very high number of those people, 48 people seriously injured in addition to the seven casualties. that s a large operation. plus, of course, all of the witnesses, hundreds, i would imagine, that need to be seen and interviewed to understand what s gone on. then, of course, there is the wider protective security operation, making sure that resources are out across the capitol. armed police officers. unarmed officers, all the appropriate merxs taken to try to safeguard the city and across the uk, i should imagine, as mest as the others are able to do. brian, so many people affected by this attack. ....
Organizational strength. one of the things lathe, jumped out to me was the notion that so far it seems that he s acted alone. they re doing an audit of the social media connections. you spent a lot of time going online and investigating these kinds of traces if you will between what s happening overseas and folks back here in the united states. what are they going through to determine his connections and are these potential individuals, these lone wolf attacks becoming better at masking the identity online and hiding the trace of communications overseas? anybody who spends an amount of time online that can become a sign of what they think about. if you re on google searches, it is a reflection of what you think about, looking for. if you re interacting with certain individuals online via a certain platform and they have proven or suspected of being terrorists or terrorist supporters then that creates a ....
speaking of facebook, tonight under surveillance, banks are using tweets and facebook to play big money brother. it s a growing trend, and it starts with a loan application. in the process the banks want to know about your social media connections, on twitter, linkedin and facebook and others. it s the bank s way of finding out if you re a good financial risk and along with snooping for a credit profile they check out your friends on your social networks to see if they would be good customers, too. i asked a senior legal analyst for his take on lenders and the internet. when it comes to social networks and privacy, it s really the wild west out there because, under the law, no one knows for sure what the rules really are. banks are starting to ask. what s your twitter handle? what s your facebook page, and and is it legal for them to ask for that? probably, although no one knows for sure, but they are getting that information, and they are using it it. out front reached out t ....