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Environmental groups may have been targeted by Exxon lobbyists in hack-and-leak operations

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  • A group that lobbied on behalf of Exxon Mobil has been implicated in a hack-and-leak campaign
  • The campaign targeted environmental groups critical of the oil and gas industry
  • Accounts were broken into and emails leaked to stop investigations and lawsuits against Exxon progressing

A report by Reuters has claimed a group lobbying on behalf of energy giant Exxon Mobil is allegedly being investigated for its targeted hack-and-leak operations against critics of the oil industry.

The report stated critics were targeted in a prolonged campaign between 2015 and 2018 which saw over 500 email accounts hit by attacks that were in an apparent effort to stifle investigations and lawsuits being filed against Exxon Mobil.

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