Cybersecurity

Macron Hack Attack, Clumsy and Ignored, Is Met With Gallic Shrug

  • Same invaders hit Merkel’s CDU and a foundation, group says
  • Hate tweets in English fail to impress French voters

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Emmanuel Macron seemed like the latest high-profile victim of political cyber warfare Friday when a vast trove of documents from his presidential campaign was dumped online less than 48 hours before polls opened. It spread rapidly on social media.

In fact, France’s president-elect got off easy.