51 строка
1.2 KiB
Markdown
51 строка
1.2 KiB
Markdown
# Incident I00004: #Macrongate
|
||
|
||
* **Summary:** amplified document dump failed because France was prepared for it.
|
||
|
||
* **incident type**: incident
|
||
|
||
* **Year started:** 2017
|
||
|
||
* **Countries:** Russia , France
|
||
|
||
* **Found via:**
|
||
|
||
* **Date added:** 2019-02-24
|
||
|
||
|
||
| Technique | Description given for this incident |
|
||
| --------- | ------------------------- |
|
||
|
||
|
||
DO NOT EDIT ABOVE THIS LINE - PLEASE ADD NOTES BELOW
|
||
|
||
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
|
||
|
||
|
||
References:
|
||
|
||
* Source: https://www.patreon.com/posts/macrongate-tied-11940855
|
||
* http://www.niemanlab.org/2018/09/how-france-beat-back-information-manipulation-and-how-other-democracies-might-do-the-same/
|
||
* https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/may/08/macron-hackers-linked-to-russian-affiliated-group-behind-us-attack
|