Israeli Firm Suspected of Running Electoral Smear Campaigns Across Multiple Democracies

French authorities suspect Israeli political consultancy BlackCore of orchestrating fabricated smear campaigns against hard-left candidates using fake websites and inauthentic social accounts. Similar patterns emerged in New York City and Scotland, suggesting a commercial service model. Attribution relies on infrastructure forensics rather than formal evidence. The cases point to electoral interference becoming an industrialized, geography-agnostic capability.