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# Incident I00022: #Macronleaks
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* **Summary:** Countering the spreading of an alleged 9GB of “leaked”, fake documents of Macron campaign
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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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* **Found via:** OII
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* **Date added:** 2019-02-24
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| Technique | Description given for this incident |
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| --------- | ------------------------- |
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| [T0007 Create fake Social Media Profiles / Pages / Groups](../techniques/T0007.md) | I00022T004 Fake FB groups/pages/profiles + dark content |
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| [T0025 Leak altered documents](../techniques/T0025.md) | I00022T001 hack/leak/manipulate/distort |
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| [T0053 Twitter trolls amplify and manipulate](../techniques/T0053.md) | I00022T003 Twitter trolls amplify & manipulate |
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| [T0054 Twitter bots amplify](../techniques/T0054.md) | I00022T002 Twitter bots amplify & manipulate |
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Actor:
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* 4chan user with Latvian IP address,
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* pro-Trump Twitter accounts
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Timeframe: a few days
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Date: Two days before the second round of French 2017 election (May 5, 2017)
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Presumed goals: sabotaging Macron campaign in the last stage of the election.
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Method:
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* Hashtag campaign: #MacronLeaks with use of bots.
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* Hashtags initially launched in the US, then got publicized by alt-right influencer, Le Pen’s supporters, Wikileaks.
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Counters:
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* French agencies that monitor cybersecurity, electoral integrity.
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* Technical precautions: ending e-voting.
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* Facebook removed 70,000 suspicious accounts in France 10 days before the vote.
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* Campaign staff responding to social media posts and comments.
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* Technically, placing traps along the way, using fake passwords, email addresses, documents to trap hackers.
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* Stop offering press credentials to propaganda outlets.
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* Use encrypted apps for confidential communication.
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* Requesting the media not to report false information.
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Related incidents:
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References:
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* https://www.niemanlab.org/2018/09/how-france-beat-back-information-manipulation-and-how-other-democracies-might-do-the-same/
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* https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanhatesthis/heres-how-far-right-trolls-are-spreading-hoaxes-about
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* https://medium.com/dfrlab/hashtag-campaign-macronleaks-4a3fb870c4e8
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