Sentences with phrase «shady firms»

The unregulated, «Wild West» environment of the crypto market left investors wide open to fraudsters, scammers, and shady firms out to make a quick buck.

Understandably, in the wake of revelations that a shady firm working for Donald Trump's presidential campaign got backdoor access to as many as 87 million Facebook profiles, much of the questioning focused on Facebook's privacy policies.

The shady firm, which was hired by the Trump campaign in 2016, counts conservative megadonors Robert and Rebekah Mercer, as well as alt - right figurehead and ex-Trump adviser Steve Bannon, among its founders.

That suggests enforcement of the Lacey Act, which can include paperwork checks and using genetic tests to identify protected tree species, is making business harder for shady firms, he says.

The shady firm, which was hired by the Trump campaign in 2016, counts conservative megadonors Robert and Rebekah Mercer, as well as alt - right figurehead and ex-Trump adviser Steve Bannon, among its founders.

There have been dozens of examples over the company's long history, but the most recent may be the most scandalous: A shady firm of «political consultants» secretly harvested data belonging to as many as 87 million Facebook users without their knowledge, and then used that data to influence the 2016 presidential election.

«It was no longer this niche, shady firm,» he said.

Of course, to ensure that the common consumer falls into this trap, the shady firms have ensured that the alleged Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8 + handsets doing rounds have a SAMSUNG logo on it, however, this doesn't confirm that the hardware has been put together by the South Korean company.

Taken altogether, it seems like Facebook was taken in by a shady firm that misused data and lied about it.