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Russian hackers 'target' presidential candidate Macron
« on: April 25, 2017, 05:19:01 pm »
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Russian hackers 'target' presidential candidate Macron
    25 April 2017

Russian hackers are targeting the campaign of French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron, say security experts.

Phishing emails, malware and fake net domains were all being used as attack techniques, said Feike Hacquebord, from security company Trend Micro.

The attackers are believed to be part of the same group that targeted the US election.

Russia has denied that it is behind attacks aimed at Mr Macron.

Continued: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-39705062

Saw this story mentioned in another forum, no, not that other forum.