The Macron campaign has said little about the hacking<br />and leaks beyond a statement late Friday night — just minutes before the blackout began — describing the operation as “massive and coordinated” and an effort to destabilize French democracy.<br />Why the Macron Hacking Attack Landed With a Thud in France -<br />By RACHEL DONADIOMAY 8, 2017<br />PARIS — French readers awoke on Monday to headlines about its young president-elect, Emmanuel Macron,<br />and his decisive defeat of the far-right candidate Marine Le Pen.<br />Le Pen and her aides have at times floated conspiracy theories, asserting — without evidence —<br />that Mr. Macron had an offshore bank account, for instance.<br />That reticence stretched across the landscape of newspapers in France, regardless of political leaning — including Le<br />Monde, the country’s leading daily, which generally takes a center-left stance, and the conservative daily Le Figaro.<br />The hacking occurred just before the start of a 44-hour ban on campaigning and broadcast media coverage of the election, lifted only when the final polling stations closed on Sunday night, and some Macron supporters initially feared<br />that his inability to respond could be devastating on the eve of voting.<br />What they did not find were details of the “massive” hacking attack on the Macron campaign that was announced late Friday night.
