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    Macron's French presidential campaign emails leaked online
    http://www.reuters.com/article/u…

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    • This is scary stuff. Trump's propaganda of "fake news" has set it up to be a mess for a long time to come.formed
    • Don't be fooled or taken in by this - dump is of the most tedious nature, mixed with (bad) fakes. Nothing worth seeing. Apart from 'ooooh! Emails!'face_melter
    • They aren't even trying to be subtle anymore. FN campaign officials were reportedly tweeting links to the documents.yuekit
    • Plenty worth seeing. Direct hack of their campaigns emails. Question is how France will deal with that crime.IRNlun6
    • Macron campaigning for the EU to flex its muscles, this will not end well for the hackers and possibly reporters.IRNlun6
    • Let alone any potential damage from the leaks.IRNlun6
    • Reuters is way to quick to speculate Russian involvement. It doesn't take a state actor to hack an email server.IRNlun6
    • No absolute proof but...there's a very consistent pattern here with Russia running disinfo campaigns in other countries.yuekit
    • Look at RT and other Russian media, 24-7 propaganda in favor of Le Pen just like with Trump.yuekit
    • Russia would benefit greatly if the EU was destroyed. Electing Le Pen is the simplest way to achieve this.yuekit
    • The irony is there is nothing really in these leaks based on what I am reading. All they can do is create appearance of a scandal and try to confuse voters.yuekit
    • Russia is not nearly as powerful as its being made out to be. This constant hysteria works in their favor, and in this case, very much in Macron's favor.IRNlun6
    • Russia looks more powerful than it really is, and Macro sits back while the world watches a very visible attack against his campaign.IRNlun6
    • He's already set to win this. This hack will change how he begins his presidency.IRNlun6
    • Then again, the EU is pushing for a military. Nothing could justify it more than a threat as big as Russia.IRNlun6
    • Not powerful meaning what? It's well established that they run hacking campaigns and have large numbers of fake accounts trolling for them on Twitter etc.yuekit
    • They may be in trouble as a country in many ways, but still have one of the world's largest and most sophisticated intelligence services.yuekit
    • True, and if they where to hack anyone I'd imagine it would be high value targets like this. It just feels sloppy.IRNlun6
    • Hacked emails, but also fake documents from offshore accounts? It's like a trap for leakers and a huge help for Macron and his platform.IRNlun6
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