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Hacked email from Macron's team purported to show financial irregularities (Photo: Leonardo Rizzi)

US firm says Russia behind Macron hack

A US cyber security firm has said Russia was behind the leaks designed to sway French elections last weekend.

Vitali Kremez, the head of research at Flashpoint, the New York-based firm, told the Reuters news agency on Saturday (5 May) it had signs that a Russian group known as “APT 28” was behind the leak.

"If indeed driven by Moscow, this leak appears to be a significant escalation over the previous Russian operations aimed ...

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