Controversial data firm Cambridge Analytica shuts down
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Customers have evaporated due to “numerous unfounded accusations,” it claims.
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Only to be quickly reopened under a different name?
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Stukes
Only to be quickly reopened under a different name?
That.
What happens to CA's "assets" most notably, data and software?
Customers having deserted CA as too hot a potato doesn't mean they'll have given up on trying to manipulate us. They'll just use a less visible vehicle.
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Stukes
Only to be quickly reopened under a different name?
Going on what business insider claims its already happened.
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Rebekah and Jennifer Mercer, daughters of hedge fund tycoon Robert Mercer, have just joined the board of a mysterious new company set up by executives at scandal-hit political research firm Cambridge Analytica.
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New company name is Firecrest Technologies Limited. Apparently.
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Isn't it being reported as Emerdata? I'm guessing I've missed something or there's some tangle web that's been woven. :)
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Corky34
Isn't it being reported as Emerdata? I'm guessing I've missed something or there's some tangle web that's been woven. :)
The former CEO of Cambridge Analytica set up this company:
https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/11238956
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From the brief amount of research I've done it seems Firecrest Technologies Limited is a sister company of Emerdata.
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Kevsta
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Corky34
New company name is Firecrest Technologies Limited. Apparently.
Firecrest Tech Ltd
https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/11238956
However Emerdata shows the Mercers
https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/10911848
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I won't post it as it's a rather large image and ICBA to resize it so it doesn't mess up the thread but i came across this image that was last updated on the 13th of April that seems to show whose who and what's linked to what.
EDIT: Found a smaller version, I'll leave the other link for anyone who wants the big version. :)
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DasJrrHUMAAPjvG.jpg
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Emerdata and Firecrest have the same Director
https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/officers/NgzqwuKVoUrX1D1hMQmb2zPDqM0/appointments