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. …
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Hahaha...don’t think that will help much...just like Dems they are likely working WITH the Russians...
If phish ing is hacking my father in law must be president because he clicks on everything and goes to geek squad weekly.
Protip: The correct word would be actualités.
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?
Yes it does. Have you seen this guys wife? She looks like his mother. Sick SOB.
The phrases “fausses nouvelles” and “fausses actualités” (sometimes even “fausses news”) come up just as frequently in Google.fr searches, I noticed.
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.
Macaroni and Cheese
Apres moi, le deluge!
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.
You just reminded me of the “Arrêt” signs in Quebec too; meanwhile, in France they say “Stop”.
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