Chump's BFF is at it again- Macron victim of cyber hit similar to Democratic Party

French presidential frontrunner Emmanuel Macron has been hit repeatedly by cyber attacks closely resembling those used to infiltrate Democratic Party organisations in the US last year, according to a report by cyber security consultant Trend Micro.

Trend Micro attributed the attacks to Pawn Storm, which it described as an "active cyber espionage actor group" that has carried out such hits in more than a dozen countries.

The French government's cyber-security agency ANSSI confirmed it had identified such attacks, saying it was "a classic modus operandi of Pawn Storm". However it said the attacks could also be the work "other high-level" hackers trying to pin the operations on Pawn Storm.

Mr Macron, who faces a May 7 election run-off against the National Front's Marine Le Pen, has complained previously that Russian state news agencies have tried to disrupt his campaign with fake news reports.



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