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already postet in the French election thread, where it fits, so try to keep up.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States watched Russians hack France's computer networks during the election and tipped off French officials before it became public, a U.S. cyber official told the Senate on Tuesday.
France's election campaign commission said Saturday that "a significant amount of data" — and some information that was likely fake — was leaked on social networks following a hacking attack on centrist Emmanuel Macron's successful presidential campaign. France's government cybersecurity agency is investigating what a government official described as a "very serious" breach.
The leak came 36 hours before the nation voted Sunday in a crucial presidential runoff between Macron and far-right candidate Marine Le Pen. The election commission said the leaked data apparently came from Macron's "information systems and mail accounts from some of his campaign managers" — a data theft that mimicked Russian hacking of the Democratic National Committee in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
"We had become aware of Russian activity. We had talked to our French counterparts and gave them a heads-ups — 'Look, we're watching the Russians. We're seeing them penetrate some of your infrastructure. Here's what we've seen. What can we do to try to assist?'" Adm. Mike Rogers told the Senate Armed Services Committee.
France's chief cybersecurity body, known by the French acronym ANSII, declined comment on Rogers' testimony.
Earlier Tuesday, ANSII released a statement saying that it had been assisting with the response to the hack since Friday and that the information technology fraud division of Paris' police force had since been charged with investigating the breach.
https://www.yahoo.com/tech/us-watche...150050758.html
already postet in the French election thread, where it fits, so try to keep up.
what does Pepe the frog says though?
Not possible. I try though.
Reminds me of that song, what does the fox say... heh
seems their efforts weren't very effective
No they weren't, probably a good thing for the world, IMO.
The Macron campaign did provide a roadmap for how to respond though. Russian intelligence services are going to have a harder time of it going forward.
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