Macron Targeted by Russian Cyber Spies

Frances leading presidential candidate Emmanuel Macrons campaign reportedly is being targeted by hackers ties to Russias military intelligence arm GRU.

Leading French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macrons campaign reportedly was hit with cyberattacks from Pawn Storm, an alleged group of cyber spies with ties to Pawn Storm, the Russian military intelligence agency GRU, according to a Reuters report.
Trend Micro found that phishing attacks and attempts to plant malware on Macrons campaign site had similar digital characteristics to a cyberattack on German Chancellor Angela Merkels group in the spring last year, as well as against the US Democratic National Committees presidential campaign for Hillary Clinton, the report noted.
Macron, a vocal critic of Russias foreign policy, is set to go against Marine Le Pen, a far-right candidate who is supportive of Russias policies and has previously received loans from Russian banks, according to the report. The second round in the French election process is set for May 7.
Trend Micro researchers noted that four bogus email accounts were created using servers that claimed to have a onedrive-en-marche.fr location and other similar locations, which allowed the attackers to engage in credentialed phishing, the report noted. The phishing attacks spanned from March through April.
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