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# 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
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Actor: IRA
Timeframe: 1 day (plus preparation)
Date: May 2017
Presumed goals: reduce Emmanuel Macrons chance of winning French presidential election
Method:
* fake documents posted on 4chan about Macrons 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