"The illegal use of voter information by rightwing separatists in the province of Alberta has raised fresh fears over Canada's electoral integrity by making valuable and incredibly confidential personal data easily accessible to malicious actors, security experts have warned. The data breach, one of the largest in Canadian history, has prompted warnings of a truly terrifying new battleground over information, persuasion and foreign interference in already weakened democratic systems."
"The database contains the names, home addresses and contact information for roughly 2.9 million voters. Elections Alberta, the body that administers the vote in the province, says it has launched an investigation into how how a far-right group was able to access the database and use it for a campaign to reach voters. Activists in the oil-rich province have in recent months increased their effort to force an independence referendum."
"Separatist leaders recently unveiled an initiative using data-driven campaigning and grassroots mobilization to connect with voters. During an online meeting with supporters, Centurion Project organizer Emmott Kelsey told attendees the app would revolutionize how campaigns are run. He boasted that the software underpinning it is so groundbreaking that it had been presented to Donald Trump's White House. And we're kind of the guinea pigs with it, he said."
"One of the key figures of the Centurion Project is David Parker, a veteran Alberta political organizer with deep ties to the separatist movement, and to US MAGA activists and far-right figures such as Tucker Carlson. Parker has previously faced hefty fines from Elections Alberta over violations of votin"
A separatist-linked organization gained illegal access to Alberta’s official list of electors, containing names, home addresses, and contact information for about 2.9 million voters. Elections Alberta launched an investigation into how a far-right group accessed the database and used it for voter outreach. The breach is described as one of the largest in Canadian history and has raised concerns about electoral integrity, information warfare, persuasion, and foreign interference. Separatist efforts to push an independence referendum have intensified, alongside accusations of treason and internal conflict. A data-driven campaigning initiative connected with voters through grassroots mobilization, with claims that its software was presented to Donald Trump’s White House. The initiative’s organizers and key figures have ties to separatist and US far-right networks.
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