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Summary: amplified document dump failed because France was prepared for it.
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incident type: incident
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Year started: 2017
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Countries: Russia , France
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Date added: 2019-02-24
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Actor: IRA
Timeframe: 1 day (plus preparation)
Date: May 2017
Presumed goals: reduce Emmanuel Macron’s chance of winning French presidential election
Method:
- fake documents posted on 4chan about Macron’s alleged offshore account,
- amplified by pro-Trump Twitter accounts using #MacronGate and #MacronCacheCash
Counters:
- preparation (resilience, account removals),
- honeytraps,
- counter-response with humour.
Related incidents:
- DNC document release, US presidential elections, 2016
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