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French Presidential Candidate Macron Reportedly Targeted by Hacking Operation

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

takyon writes:

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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• Re:fruit of the poisonous tree Re:fruit of the poisonous tree (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 06 2017, @08:55PM (3 children)

  by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 06 2017, @08:55PM (#505548)

  > Not if your wiki link is to be believed:

  Sorry, I didn't realize we were only talking about european courts.
  Since we are writing in english on a website that is primarily american I thought we were talking about english common law, not continental.

  > Anyone?

  Sounds like you've got yourself a great conspiracy.
  I wonder why the news isn't talking about such an obvious give away?
  Must be because the media is in on the conspiracy.
  Or you can't read french and are just parroting some bullshit you found on the derpweb.

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• Re:fruit of the poisonous tree Re:fruit of the poisonous tree (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 06 2017, @09:55PM (2 children)

  by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 06 2017, @09:55PM (#505571)

  Sorry, I didn't realize we were only talking about european courts.

  Well, much as I hate to be the one to break this to you; France is in Europe!

  Since we are writing in english on a website that is primarily american I thought we were talking about english common law, not continental.

  So your inference is that any investigation concerning an election in France should be conducted according to US or English common law?

  Sounds like you've got yourself a great conspiracy.
  I wonder why the news isn't talking about such an obvious give away?

  I wonder... [france24.com]

  Or you can't read french and are just parroting some bullshit you found on the derpweb.

  I can understand enough to get the bits about binge watching Doctor Who and masturbating. [twimg.com] I also question why incriminating metadata has been inserted left into the documents. [twitter.com] Guess it's just all a personal, whacked-out conspiracy theory tho?

  the CIA’s ability to impersonate cyber-attack techniques used by Russia and other nation states. In theory, that means the agency could have faked digital forensic fingerprints to make the Russians look guilty [wired.com]

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  • Re:fruit of the poisonous tree Re:fruit of the poisonous tree (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 07 2017, @01:59AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 07 2017, @01:59AM (#505663)

    Well, much as I hate to be the one to break this to you; France is in Europe!

    Your dogged insistence on an unrelated fact suggests you aren't so much interested in informative discussion as in personal validation.

    All your rando non-sequitur links suggest a tenuous grip on reality.

    Please go masturbate in private.

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    • Re:fruit of the poisonous tree (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 07 2017, @09:25AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 07 2017, @09:25AM (#505774)

      In your own words:

      1. if LePen's campaign coordinated in any way with these people
      2. Sorry, I didn't realize we were only talking about european courts.
      3. Your dogged insistence on an unrelated fact

      Remarkable. Have you ever been formally diagnosed with BDP?

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