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posted by martyb on Saturday May 06 2017, @11:59AM   Printer-friendly

The campaign staff of Emmanuel Macron, one of the two candidates in France's presidential election run-off, claim to have been targeted by a massive hacking operation that leaked sensitive documents:

On the eve of the most consequential French presidential election in decades, the staff of the centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron said late Friday that the campaign had been targeted by a "massive and coordinated" hacking operation, one with the potential to destabilize the nation's democracy before voters go to the polls on Sunday.

The digital attack, which involved a dump of campaign documents including emails and accounting records, emerged hours before a legal prohibition on campaign communications went into effect. While the leak may be of little consequence, the timing makes it extremely difficult for Mr. Macron to mitigate any damaging fallout before the runoff election, in which he faces the far-right candidate Marine Le Pen, who has pledged to pull France out of the euro and hold a referendum to leave the European Union.

French authorities recently arrested a suspect who admitted to attacking the campaign website for the other candidate, Marine Le Pen.

Also at the Washington Post, CNN, BBC, and Reuters.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 06 2017, @03:37PM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 06 2017, @03:37PM (#505442)

    Not all! [twimg.com]

    Any Frenchies here know these names or the legal status of 3-MMC [wikipedia.org] in France?

  • (Score: 2) by takyon on Saturday May 06 2017, @06:04PM (2 children)

    by takyon (881) <reversethis-{gro ... s} {ta} {noykat}> on Saturday May 06 2017, @06:04PM (#505492) Journal

    https://psychonautwiki.org/wiki/3-MMC#Legal_issues [psychonautwiki.org]

    http://www.who.int/medicines/access/controlled-substances/4.4_3-MMC_CritReview.pdf?ua=1 [who.int]

    In France, a fatality involving 3-MMC and GHB was reported.

    [...] Overall, 3-MMC use and abuse has currently been reported in: France, Hungary, Norway, Poland, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

    [...] 3-MMC is a controlled substance in China, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Turkey and the United Kingdom.

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 06 2017, @07:00PM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 06 2017, @07:00PM (#505504)

      I do not speak French, so I've not read the eml's myself. It does appear this leak is not at all what it appears. More here. [soylentnews.org]

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 07 2017, @02:08AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 07 2017, @02:08AM (#505670)

        It makes sense that you would reply to a post about illegal narcotics with a link to your own drugged out ramblings.