In the reports, The New York Times and The Guardian interviewed Cambridge Analytica cofounder Christopher Wylie about the details. However, Kogan passed the personal details about those users to Cambridge Analytica — which is a violation of Facebook’s policies. Wylie also pointed out that former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon played a major role at Cambridge Analytica. Former Cambridge Analytica CEO Alexander Nix told Forbes staff writer Parmy Olson that he talked to Bannon “everyday for five years.”Another notable figure connected to Cambridge Analytica is Facebook board member Peter Thiel. And Make America Number 1 paid Cambridge Analytica $231,352 later that year as revealed in an FEC filing via Mashable.

Source: Forbes March 25, 2018 22:18 UTC