2016 ELECTION/CYBERWAR/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A Cambridge Analytica whistleblower said on Tuesday [3-27-2018] that Canadian company AggregateIQ worked on software called Ripon which was used to identify Republican voters ahead of the 2016 U.S. presidential election. AggregateIQ did not immediately respond to request for comment on the remarks by Christopher Wylie, a whistleblower formerly of British political consultancy Cambridge Analytica. Wylie has previously disclosed how users’ data from Facebook was used by Cambridge Analytica to help elect U.S. President Donald Trump. Ripon, the town in which the Republican Party was founded in 1854, was the name given to a tool that let a campaign manage its voter database, target specific voters, conduct canvassing, manage fundraising and carry out surveys.”
-Reuters Staff, “Whistleblower says Canadian company worked on software to find Republican voters,” Reuters, Mar. 27, 2018 3:56am