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Don’t Pin the Macron Email Hack on Russia Just Yet

Don’t Pin the Macron Email Hack on Russia Just Yet

Don’t Pin the Macron Email Hack on Russia Just Yet

Security, Spoken · SpokenLayer

May 12, 20178m 9s

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After a hacked US election covered in Russian fingerprints, it's easy to assume that Friday's megaleak of emails from France's president-elect Emmanuel Macron was the Kremlin's work, too. Russia, after all, has the motive, the means, and a very fresh track record of meddling in Western elections to sabotage center-left candidates. But this latest breach, for now, lacks conclusive fingerprints-and what few clues there are have only added to the confusion.

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