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| Macron Campaign Says It Was Target of ‘Massive’ Hacking Attack | Macron Campaign Says It Was Target of ‘Massive’ Hacking Attack |
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| PARIS — The campaign staff of the French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron said on Friday evening that it had been targeted by a “massive and coordinated” hacking operation after internal campaign documents were published online on social media. | PARIS — The campaign staff of the French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron said on Friday evening that it had been targeted by a “massive and coordinated” hacking operation after internal campaign documents were published online on social media. |
| Mr. Macron’s staff said in a statement that authentic documents, including internal emails, accounting documents and contracts, had been published alongside fake documents “to sow doubt and disinformation.” | Mr. Macron’s staff said in a statement that authentic documents, including internal emails, accounting documents and contracts, had been published alongside fake documents “to sow doubt and disinformation.” |
| The statement said that the operation was “clearly” an attempt at “democratic destabilization” similar to what had occurred during the presidential campaign in the United States. | The statement said that the operation was “clearly” an attempt at “democratic destabilization” similar to what had occurred during the presidential campaign in the United States. |
| Earlier on Friday evening the campaign staff of Marine Le Pen, the other candidate in the Sunday runoff vote, said in a statement that her campaign website had faced “regular and targeted” attacks during the presidential campaign. | Earlier on Friday evening the campaign staff of Marine Le Pen, the other candidate in the Sunday runoff vote, said in a statement that her campaign website had faced “regular and targeted” attacks during the presidential campaign. |
| In the statement, the Le Pen campaign said that the French authorities had investigated the attacks and this week arrested “a first hacker” who was “close to extreme-left circles” and who had admitted to being responsible for several attacks on Ms. Le Pen’s campaign website. The arrest occurred on French soil, the statement said. | In the statement, the Le Pen campaign said that the French authorities had investigated the attacks and this week arrested “a first hacker” who was “close to extreme-left circles” and who had admitted to being responsible for several attacks on Ms. Le Pen’s campaign website. The arrest occurred on French soil, the statement said. |
| Reuters reported that about nine gigabytes of data were posted by a user called Emleaks to Pastebin, a document-sharing site that allows anonymous posting. |