Black Cube calls claim it hacked Nigerian president ‘defamatory lie’

Israeli private spy firm Black Cube denies accusation made by a former Cambridge Analytica that intelligence gathering group were involved in a hacking scheme targeting the president of Nigeria, calling the claim a “flagrant lie.”

“Black Cube has always operated within the boundaries of the law in every jurisdiction it operates, following legal advice from the world’s leading law firms,” the company says in a statement. “However, 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. We categorically declare that neither Black Cube, nor any of its affiliates and subsidiaries, have ever worked for, or engaged with, SCL, Cambridge Analytica, or any of their affiliates and subsidiaries.”

SCL is Cambridge Analytica’s parent company.

Black Cube’s statement goes on to say that it “never operated in Nigeria or for any Nigerian connected project and none of its employees has ever put his foot in Nigeria connected to her projects.”

The company said it will investigate the claim and “reveal the truth and the motive behind Wylie’s defamatory lie” and sue him.

“Following that we will launch a massive defamation claim against any entity that we will find involved, including Christopher Wylie, SCL or Cambridge Analytica for any pound they still have or don’t have.”

Black Cube also shared with the Times of Israel numerous emails from Cambridge Analytica saying that they had “never worked with or have been in contact with Black Cube in any capacity.”