美国司法部和FBI正着手调查剑桥分析公司

The U.S. Justice Department and the FBI are investigating Cambridge Analytica, a now-defunct political data firm embroiled in a scandal over its handling of Facebook Inc user information, the New York Times reported on Tuesday.

《纽约时报》周二报道称，美国司法部和联邦调查局正调查剑桥分析，该政治数据公司由于卷入Facebook违规使用用户信息的丑闻现已停业。

Prosecutors have sought to question former Cambridge Analytica employees and banks that handled its business, the newspaper said, citing an American official and others familiar with the inquiry.

报纸援引一名美国官员和其他熟悉该调查的人员时称，公诉检察官已经对剑桥分析前雇员和处理其业务的银行进行了质询。

Cambridge Analytica said earlier this month it was shutting down after losing clients and facing mounting legal fees resulting from reports the company harvested personal data about millions of Facebook users beginning in 2014.

剑桥分析于本月早些时候称，由于有报告指出其从2014年开始收集了Facebook数以百万用户个人数据，导致其损失客户并面对不断上升的法律赔偿，其正在逐步关停其业务。

Allegations of the improper use of data for 87 million Facebook users by Cambridge Analytica, which was hired by President Donald Trump’s 2016 U.S. election campaign, have prompted multiple investigations in the United States and Europe.

剑桥分析公司2016年受雇于唐纳德.特朗普总统的大选团队，其被指控不当使用Facebook的8700万用户数据，此举已经造成美国和欧洲进行了多次调查。

The investigation by the Justice Department and FBI appears to focus on the company’s financial dealings and how it acquired and used personal data pulled from Facebook and other sources, the Times said.

《纽约时报》称，由美国司法部和联邦调查局发起的调查看似主要聚焦于该公司的金融交易，以及其是如何获取并使用从Facebook和其他来源扒出的个人数据。

Investigators have contacted Facebook, according to the newspaper.

根据《纽约时报》，调查员们已经联系上了Facebook。

The FBI, the Justice Department and Facebook declined to comment to Reuters. Former officials with Cambridge Analytica was not immediately available to comment.

美国司法部和联邦调查局拒绝对路透社透露更多细节。目前，剑桥分析的前官方人员也无法立即做出回应。

Cambridge Analytica was created around 2013, initially with a focus on U.S. elections, with $15 million in backing from billionaire Republican donor Robert Mercer and a name chosen by future Trump White House adviser Steve Bannon, the New York Times has reported. Bannon left the White House on August 2017.

《纽约时报》报道称，剑桥分析于2013年创立，最初聚焦于美国总统大选，拥有1500万美元的支持资金，这些资金来自身为亿万富翁的共和党政治捐赠人Robert Mercer和由特朗普白宫顾问Steven Bannon指定的另一位捐赠人。