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Macron campaign was 'targeted by Russian hackers' [Fausses nouvelles]
TheLocal.fr ^ | 25 April 2017 16:39 CEST+02:00 | AFP

Posted on 04/25/2017 3:30:10 PM PDT by Olog-hai

French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron’s political campaign was targeted by a group of Russian hackers last month, according to a report by a cybersecurity research group on Tuesday.

The Pawn Storm group, which has been linked to several high-profile attacks in the West, used “phishing” techniques to try to steal personal data from Macron and members of his En Marche! campaign, Japan-based Trend Micro said.

Pawn Storm, also known as APT28, is also believed to be behind the attacks last summer on the US Democratic National Committee, thought to be aimed at undermining Hillary Clinton’s presidential bid.

It is widely suspected of having links to Russia’s security services, and Moscow has been seen as a keen backer of Macron’s rival in the presidential race Marine Le Pen, who met President Vladimir Putin in a surprise visit to Moscow ahead of the vote. …

(Excerpt) Read more at thelocal.fr ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: fakenews; france; hackers; pawnstorm

1 posted on 04/25/2017 3:30:10 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Hahaha...don’t think that will help much...just like Dems they are likely working WITH the Russians...


2 posted on 04/25/2017 3:33:14 PM PDT by goodnesswins (Say hello to President Trump)
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To: Olog-hai

If phish ing is hacking my father in law must be president because he clicks on everything and goes to geek squad weekly.


3 posted on 04/25/2017 3:38:40 PM PDT by major-pelham
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To: Olog-hai
Mon Dieu! Here we go again! OK...maybe Russians hacked them.Maybe Belgians...Italians...Indonesians hacked them as well.But you know that Vlad wants him to win...just as wanted the Former Twelfth Lady to win.
4 posted on 04/25/2017 3:41:11 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Deplorables' Lives Matter)
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To: Olog-hai

Protip: The correct word would be actualités.


5 posted on 04/25/2017 3:44:54 PM PDT by Shadow44
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To: Olog-hai

6 posted on 04/25/2017 3:46:37 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: Olog-hai

Let’s see, now: Russia is going around undermining leftist candidates so that Russia will have stronger enemies. That about it?

Does that seem as crazy to anyone else as it does to me?


7 posted on 04/25/2017 3:50:36 PM PDT by dsc (Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
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To: dsc

Yes it does. Have you seen this guys wife? She looks like his mother. Sick SOB.


8 posted on 04/25/2017 3:53:45 PM PDT by Lumper20
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To: Olog-hai
WARNING!!!
9 posted on 04/25/2017 3:56:46 PM PDT by Cololeo
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To: Shadow44

The phrases “fausses nouvelles” and “fausses actualités” (sometimes even “fausses news”) come up just as frequently in Google.fr searches, I noticed.


10 posted on 04/25/2017 4:02:11 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

That’s the problem with the “Just Google it” mentality, Google translate provides “Fausses Nouvelles” as its first choice, but it’s incorrect.

Using the term “Nouvelles” for news means whoever is writing/speaking isn’t a native speaker and is translating rather haphazardly.

Or maybe it’s some weird Anglicism creeping into the language that I’m unaware of.


11 posted on 04/25/2017 4:43:51 PM PDT by Shadow44
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To: Olog-hai

Macaroni and Cheese


12 posted on 04/25/2017 4:45:11 PM PDT by bray (Pray for President Trump)
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To: Olog-hai

Apres moi, le deluge!

13 posted on 04/25/2017 5:32:51 PM PDT by mikrofon ( Let them eat cake ...)
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To: Olog-hai
Not Boris and Natasha again!


14 posted on 04/25/2017 5:36:35 PM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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15 posted on 04/25/2017 6:42:47 PM PDT by Grampa Dave ("Fake news is just another name for slander or libel, and should be prosecuted.")
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To: Shadow44
Well, like I said, this appears on Google France. I cannot speak to how much control the French-speaking world is given over its content.
16 posted on 04/25/2017 9:46:49 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Apparently it’s a Quebecois term, which isn’t surprising, they do that a lot.

Perfect example is “Chien Chaude” which Metropolitan France thinks is crazy, they actually just call it a hot dog too.


17 posted on 04/26/2017 9:25:58 AM PDT by Shadow44
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You just reminded me of the “Arrêt” signs in Quebec too; meanwhile, in France they say “Stop”.


18 posted on 04/26/2017 9:29:34 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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